The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticized the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, over her claim that civil servants are barred from participating in partisan politics.
The Union insisted that the statement is illegal, misleading, and contrary to constitutional provisions.
In a press statement signed by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, on Monday, the NLC said it was alarmed that this matter is being resurrected again after thrashing it ahead of the 2023 general election.
The workers’ union recalled that before the last election, the Office of the Head of Service had issued a circular attempting to bar civil servants from politics.
The Labour Union described this move as “anomalous with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the judgment of the Supreme Court on this issue.”
