Workers of the federal ministry of finance have been told to forget the N1.2 billion Special Overtime Allowance they are asking for.
A statement from the ministry signed by the Special Assistant to minister of finance Festus Akanbi said the minister Mrs Kemi Adeosun has ruled out paying that allowance.
According to Festus Akanbi, the finance minister had told the protesting workers of the ministry that, “the N1.2 Billion Special Overtime (SOT) payment being demanded by workers, which had been discontinued since 2014, is neither in the 2016 Budget of the Federal Ministry of Finance nor the Federal Inland Revenue Service from where the funds to cover the allowance had hitherto been sourced.”
The payment of SOT the minister said “was stopped by the previous administration on the grounds that it was not listed in any extant government Circular, Financial Regulations or the Public Service Rules.”
Adeosun reminded that workers that “many people across the country were struggling to find work and that the priority for the government had to be getting the whole economy back on its feet.”
She therefore urged the workers to be patient and understand the current challenges facing the Nigerian economy.
The Minister, who had at Wednesday’s meeting listened to the workers’ requests, confirmed that contractual obligations are being met by Government and promised that all genuine complaints and administrative issues will be promptly reviewed. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteSOT allowance! u people should try and understand that some state civil servants have not collected salary for almost 6 month now.
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