The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF),has clarified that there are no shortfalls in salaries paid to federal workers in January and February. The OAGF made the clarification in a statement issued by Bawa Mokwa, the Director, Press and Public Relations on Friday in Abuja. Mokwa said...
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The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has demanded the immediate payment of three and a half months of withheld salaries and allowances. NAAT President, Mr Ibeji Nwokoma, made the demand in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of...
The Benue Government says it has cleared the outstanding 35 months of earned allowances owed staff at Benue State University (BSU). Sir Tersoo Kula, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Makurdi....
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) reiterates its call on the Federal Government to pay its three months withheld salaries, N50 billion earned allowances, among other demands. National President, SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, said this while addressing newsmen ahead of its 3rd Quadrennial National Delegates Conference on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Thousands of primary school teachers in Borno State were thrown into excitement on Friday when Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, approved the implementation of N70,000 minimum wage. This follows one week after the N70k minimum wage was paid to civil servants working for...
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to embark on nationwide strike over five months withheld salaries and non-implementation of other demands. President of NAAT, Mr Ibeji Nwokoma, said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The union’s demands also include full implementation...
IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja- The Kogi State Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA) has declared that all it’s twenty six adhoc staff have been paid their entitlements and officially disengaged them, following the expiration of the world bank programme (NG-CARES). The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KEDA, Muhammed Kadiri Okeji,...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), has cleared the air on the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly. This is contained in a statement signed by the chairman of RMAFC, Mr Mohammad Shehu in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the...
President Bola Tinubu has signed the judicial office holders salaries and allowances bill into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Sen. Basheer Lado, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. “This extraordinary move underscores the president’s absolute prioritisation of the welfare of...
The Senate has dismissed allegations that it was involved in determining its salaries or receiving special fiscal packages from the Presidency. Senate Spokesman, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, described the allegations as “sordid and telltale assertions.” “The Nigerian Senate is petrified by the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to cut members’ salary by 50 per cent for six months in order to support the Federal Government in providing succour to the citizenry over the current hardship in the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep....
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said the Federal Government has not abandoned the issue of salary harmonisation in the civil service. Yemi-Esan made the disclosure during a chat with media executives on Wednesday in Abuja, being part of activities...
Palpable excitement enveloped Kogi at the weekend as Gov. Usman Ododo surprised the state workers by paying their June salaries in the middle of the month. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that most of the workers were pleasantly surprised as it was the...
Members of the House of Representatives in the botched Third Republic have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances. The former lawmakers from the South-West states of Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo and Lagos, made the plea during their meeting...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has staged a peaceful protest over the Federal Government’s failure to address its plight, saying that it is tired of the government’s “deception”. The Union called on the Government to avoid...
The bill seeking to prescribe salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of Judicial office holders in Nigeria has passed second reading at the Senate. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Sen. Lola Ashiru (APC-Kwara) at plenary on Thursday. Presenting the bill,...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held in Gusau. He advised them to support the present administration in its determination...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that he cleared N11 billion salary arrears he inherited from his predecessor, and restored the morale and stability of the workforce. Mutfwang, who stated this at the Workers’ Day celebration on Wednesday in Jos, said that he inherited a civil service on...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has assured workers that his administration will not delay in implementing the new minimum wage. Makinde gave the assurance on Wednesday in his address at the 2024 May Day celebrations, held at Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Ibadan. The governor, who was represented by...