Many federal civil servants have urged the federal authorities to pay the excellent arrears of wage award as a matter of necessity.
The civil servants in Abuja Monday urged the federal government to think about the cruel {economic} situation within the nation and offset the arrears.
Ibrahim Abbas, a federal well being employee, mentioned lengthy delay in clearing the arrears of the wage award was not acceptable.
He mentioned the cash is required now to cushion the impact of {economic} hardship.
“The situation of presidency employees has by no means been this unhealthy. The federal authorities must take all crucial steps to clear the excellent two months arrears of the wage award, ” he mentioned.
One other civil servant, Mr Patrick Ugo, urged the federal authorities to pay up the arrears with out additional delay.
“The federal government ought to realise that the current minimal wage of N70 ,000 is unrealistic. The wage award will give the employees some aid.
“I’ll urge the federal authorities, by way of the Accountant-Basic of the Federation, to pay the excellent two months, totaling N70,000 earlier than April salaries,” he mentioned.
Mr Sule Aliu urged the federal authorities to overview the minimal wage and in addition make the N35,000 wage award a everlasting addition to the month-to-month salaries of civil servants.
Aliu mentioned this may go an extended technique to alleviate the {financial} strain of the employees.
Sani Garba urged the federal authorities to all the time fulfill its obligations to civil servants immediately to forestall labour agitation.
Garba mentioned authorities ought to think about the current {economic} realities and make the wage award a everlasting addition to the current wage.
Aliyu Sani mentioned employees had been going by way of hardship every day and added the necessity for the federal authorities to pay the arrears of the wage award.
The wage award was a brief cost to employees, accepted in 2023 to ease the burden of gasoline subsidy removing, supplementing salaries whereas a brand new nationwide minimal wage was being negotiated.
It was to behave as a cost-of-living adjustment, however funds confronted delays, inflicting frustration and resulting in ongoing calls for from labour unions for full implementation and clearance of arrears.
In April 2025, the federal authorities introduced that it might pay the excellent 5 months of the N35,000 wage award arrears to employees.
The Workplace of the Accountant-Basic of the Federation (OAGF), mentioned that the federal authorities had earlier paid 5 months of the wage award in installments.
It mentioned the excellent arrears can be paid in installments of N35, 000 monthly for 5 months.
The OAGF mentioned the federal authorities was decided to completely implement all insurance policies and agreements relating to employees remuneration and welfare to boost productiveness and effectivity.
However after the primary installment was paid in Could, 2025, the second installment was not paid till August, 2025, whereas the third instalment was just lately paid on March 6.
This leaves an impressive cost of two months, amounting to N70,000
In the meantime, the federal authorities mentioned it was dedicated to clearing the remaining two months arrears of N35, 000 wage award with out additional delay.
Mr Bawa Mokwa, the director, Press and Public Relations, OAGF, mentioned the cost was topic to the supply of funds.
Mokwa added that with the cost of the third tranche in February, it was remaining two tranches to exhaust the wage award arrears. (NAN)