Civil Servants’ Dress Code Stirs Controversy In Delta

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Delta State council, has warned the authorities authorities implicit the recently introduced formal codification for civilian servants successful the state.

It described the determination arsenic insensitive to the existent economical hardship facing galore workers successful the state.
Few days ago, the Office of Head of Service (HOS), issued a memo detailing a caller formal codification for civilian servants successful the state.

The memo, signed by the imperishable caput successful the bureau of HOS, Mr M.M. Awuse, elaborate however civilian servants should look successful office, specified that pistillate civilian servants should not deterioration eyelashes and coloured hairsbreadth to the bureau portion men are warned not to support beards, conscionable arsenic the wearing of immoderate types of caps to complement accepted attires connected Friday are besides banned.
First to condemn the determination was the authorities NLC which opposed the caller formal codification for civilian servants successful the state.
The NLC said the authorities neglected workers’ representatives and came up with the caller argumentation to taxation the pockets of workers.

Addressing workers, the NLC chairman, Comrade Goodluck Oforbruku, expressed dissatisfaction implicit the implementation of the caller argumentation without anterior consultation with labour representatives.

He called connected the authorities authorities to supply wardrobe allowances for civilian servants, pursuing the instauration of a revised formal codification argumentation crossed the authorities civilian service.

The labour person noted that galore civilian servants are already struggling to conscionable basal needs owed to the rising outgo of surviving and mounting household responsibilities, and introducing a stricter formal codification would lone worsen their plight.

Comrade Oforbruku besides advised civilian servants to support decency and professionalism successful their appearance, emphasising that the NLC does not condone indecent dressing.

However, helium warned against immoderate signifier of victimisation by heads of departments oregon supervisors, urging workers to study specified cases to labour leaders promptly.

Meanwhile mixed feelings person greeted the circular, which has sparked wide treatment among the workforce.

A retired civilian servant who preferred anonymity said the contented that should beryllium frontally addressed by the HOS should beryllium workers’ payment and the galloping ostentation which has reduced to nothingness the much-touted minimum wage, stressing that civilian servants successful the authorities request a surviving wage.

“The authorities is affluent capable to bash that but for the greed and larceny of the governmental elites. The contiguous purgatorial peanuts called salaries for civilian servants are outlandish and veers towards enslaved labour. Civil servants’ destiny is adjacent worse erstwhile they discontinue into penury and destitution nether the veneer of a contributory pension scheme.

“Yet, the caput of work and imperishable secretaries discontinue nether the aged strategy with their past salaries. It is an insult to the corporate sacrifice of civilian servants who toil each time to lipid the motor of governance. PENCOM and Pension money administrators marque the beingness of retired civilian servants a surviving hell,” helium said.

According to the caller circular, for pistillate nationalist servants, acceptable covering includes trouser suits, skirt suits, oregon firm gowns that autumn beneath the knees and person sleeves. Sleeveless outfits, spaghetti straps, revealing clothing, and immoderate formal that exposes cleavage are strictly banned.

The authorities ordered the heads of departments to show however workers formal and to nonstop anyone who breaks the rules backmost location to alteration earlier returning to work, adding that anyone who refuses to travel the rules could look punishment.