Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria

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The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) is a trade union representing staff in the Nigerian Civil Service.

The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged the Association of Senior Civil Servants with the Eastern Regional Land Surveyors' Union. [1] It has had a long-running demarcation dispute with the Nigeria Civil Service Union. [2]

In 1986, the union affiliated to the loose Senior Staff Consultative Association of Nigeria, and by 1995, it had 60,000 members. In 2005, it was a founding affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. [3] [4] In 2020, Innocent Bola-Audu was elected as the union' president. [5] He was replaced by Tommy Etim Okon in 2021. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Ahiuma-Young, Victor (24 July 2003). "Nigeria: Civil Service Unions in Membership Tussle". Vanguard. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Nigeria. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995.
  4. ↑ "TUC affiliates". Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Young, Victor (30 July 2020). "Senior civil servants elect Bola-Audu President". Vanguard. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Appolos, Christian (25 April 2023). "Tommy Etim Okon is our national president, Bola Audu remains expelled, ASCSN reiterates". Tribune Online. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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