Civil servants on Federal payroll are set to get 5 months arrears of the N35,000 Wage Award that the government had promised last year before a new Minimum wage was agreed.
The Federal Government and organized Labour agreed to the Wage Award for the period negotiations on the new Minimum Wage were ongoing.
It was part of the palliative measures introduced by the government to cushion the effects of economic reforms, particularly following the removal of fuel subsidies and other fiscal adjustments
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) which dropped the hint in a statement in Abuja, said that arrangements have been concluded to settle the outstanding payments.
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Director of Press and Public Relations, Bawa Mokwa, who signed the statement, said the Federal Government had previously paid five months of the wage award to eligible workers in installments.
The statement noted however, that arrears for an additional 5 months remained outstanding and that these will now be paid in installments of N35,000 per month over a period of 5 months.
The statement clarified that the first installment of the outstanding stop-gap cash would be disbursed immediately after the payment of April 2025 salaries.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
