President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N35,000
as wage award to all Federal civil servants.
The new pay will be effective from September 1, 2023, as
contained in a memo from the Presidency and signed by the Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer, CEO of National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo
U. O. Nta.
The circular was addressed to the Chief of Staff to the
President, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Ministers and Ministers of
State, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of the Civil Service
of the Federation, Chairmen, Federal Commissions, Federal Permanent
Secretaries, Clerk of the National Assembly, 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,
Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, and dated 19 October 2023.
“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, 2 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 1 September 2023
pending when a new national minimum wage is expected to have been signed into
law.
“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
the same from their internally generated,” it said.
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