Civil Servants To Receive Five Months Wage Award Arrears In April —FG
The federal government is set to pay the outstanding five months N35,000 wage award arrears to federal government workers.
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement issued in Abuja.
The OAGF explained that the Federal Government had earlier paid five months wage award to federal government employees in instalments, adding that the outstanding arrears would be paid in instalments of N35,000 per month for five months.
The OAGF said the first instalment of the outstanding wage award arrears would be paid after the April 2025 salary.
“The wage award arrears would not be paid with the April 2025 salary; it will come immediately after the salary is paid”, the OAGF said.
The Office reiterated the Federal Government’s resolve to fully implement all policies and agreements regarding staff remuneration and welfare to enhance productivity and efficiency.
The payment is coming barely a week after Federal Workers Forum (FWF) demanded immediate payment of outstanding five months wage award arrears for all federal workers.
FWF made the demand in a statement on the commence of an indefinite protest nationwide to press home their demands for justice.
In the statement signed by the FWF national coordinator, Comrade Andrew Emelieze and FWF secretary general, Comrade Itoro Obong, the protest followed the expiration of its earlier 21- day ultimatum to the federal government to attend to its plights.
FWF in the statement stated that unfortunately, the government has been adamant.
“We have however commenced the indefinite protest and day 1 has shown to be peaceful and successful as federal workers across the federation joined the protest nationwide occupying the different federal government secretariat across the federation despite heavy deployment of security operatives.
“It is an indefinite protest and we shall continue until the FG meet up with our demands.”
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Civil Servants To Receive Five Months Wage Award Arrears In April —FG is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
