President Bola Tinubu has authorized a N35,000 wage award for civil servants, according to an official announcement.
In his Independence Day national address, the President disclosed that all federal civil servants would receive the N35,000 wage award to offset the impact of fuel subsidy withdrawal.
In a circular dated October 19, 2023, Ekpo U. O. Nta, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, confirmed the approval.
He stated that the wage award would be financed from the treasury and implemented for all treasury-funded Federal Government ministries, departments, and agencies.
The circular 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.
“Non-treasury funded Federal Government agencies are to implement the same from their internally generated.”
According to the circular, the memo was directed 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 of Federal Commissions, Federal Permanent Secretaries, Clerk of the National Assembly, Secretary of the National Judicial Council, and Secretary of the Federal Judicial Service Commission.
Additionally, the Directors-General and Chief Executives of Parastatals, Agencies and Government-Owned Companies, the Auditor-General of the Federation, the Accountant-General of the Federation, and the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation were copied in the memo.
