(BREAKING) Fuel Subsidy: Tinubu okays N35,000 wage award for civil servants
The N35,000 pay award for civil servants has been approved by President Bola Tinubu in order to mitigate the effects of the elimination of fuel subsidies.
The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ekpo U. O. Nta, revealed this in a memo.
According to the memo, all Federal Civil Servants would benefit from the wage award starting on September 1, 2023.
The memo, dated October 19, 2023, was sent to the President’s chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, ministers and secretaries of state, the secretary to the government of the federation, the head of the federation’s civil service, the chairmen of federal commissions, the federal permanent secretaries, the clerk of the national assembly, the secretary to the national judicial council, and the secretary to the federal judicial service commission.
Directors-General and Chief Executives of Parastatals, Agencies, and Government-Owned Corporations, as well as the Federation’s Auditor-General, Accountant-General, and Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, are also included in the memo.
The memo reads;
“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.”
Platinum Times recalled that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, and other organized labour unions embarked on an industrial action over hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy.
The strike was later suspended for one month after the Tinubu-led administration offered the sum of N5 billion for the provision of palliatives to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.