FG has commenced the payment of the new minimum wage to civil servants.
NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that the Federal Government has commenced payment of the new minimum wage to civil servants.
The Spokesperson of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa confirmed this in an interview with newsmen.
Mokwa said employees under the federal government payroll can expect to receive alerts regarding their updated minimum wage salary payments from today, Thursday.
However, Mokwa did not clarify whether the minimum wage would be disbursed along with any outstanding arrears.
He said, “Federal Government civil servants will start getting the new minimum wage from today(Thursday) this September 2024. What I can tell you is that the minimum wage salary payment is today I am not sure of the arrears”,
This development comes after Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta, on Tuesday confirmed that the government has approved the upward review of consolidated public service salary structure, CONPSS in line with the minimum wage(Amendment) Act, 2024.
This followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of N70,000 new Minimum wage on July 18, 2024.
Thereafter, the Senate passed the new minimum wage bill into law.