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The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission has disclosed that the N35,000 approved by President Bola Tinubu for all treasury-paid federal government workers in the country will stay until a new national minimum wage bill is signed into law.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ekpo Nta, Chairman and CEO of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission made this disclosure in a circular titled “Grant of Wage Award by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) for Federal Workers”.
The circular, dated 19th October 2023, was addressed to the Chief of Staff to the President; Deputy Chief of Staff to the President; Honourable Ministers/Ministers of State; Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; Chairmen, Federal Commissions; Federal Permanent Secretaries, and Clerk of the National Assembly.
Others are Secretary, National Judicial Council; Secretary, Federal Judicial Service Commission; Directors-General and Chief Executives of Parastatals; Agencies and Governments-Owned Companies; Auditor-General for the Federation; Accountant-General of the Federation, and Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation.
According to the circular, the N35,000.00 provisional wage award is effective from 1st September 2023 and the implementation will be funded from the national treasury, pending when a new national minimum wage is expected to have been signed into law.
“I refer to the Memorandum of Understanding reached between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Monday, 2nd October 2023 as a result of the dispute arising from withdrawal of subsidy on the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), and hereby convey the approval of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the grant of a wage award of N35,000.00 (thirty-five thousand Naira) only per month to all Federal Government workers with effect from 1st September 2023 pending when a new national minimum wage is expected to have been signed into law,” the circular reads.
Recall President Tinubu approved the N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers in response to agitations arising from the removal of fuel subsidy and the resultant economic hardship.
However, before this disclosure by Nta, the President had said the N35,000 provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers was for a period of six months.
“Accordingly, the implementation of the N35,000.00 per month wage award for all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies that are treasury-funded will be funded from the treasury. Non-treasury funded Federal Government agencies are to implement same from their internally generated revenue (IGR) or statutory allocations.
“Enquiries concerning this circular should be directed to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission,” the circular added.
See circular below:
