The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has disagreed with the statement by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, that civil servants were banned from participating in partisan politics.
Apart from contradicting the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, NLC said the position of the Head of Service also went counter to Supreme Court judgement as it related to participation of civil servants in partisan politics
In a statement by NLC president, Joe Ajaero, the labour movement said, “The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the judgment of the Supreme Court on this issue.