The Federal Government on Thursday began payment of the new salary and its consequential adjustments to public servants across all levels of the federal civil service.
A warrant for this month’s salary signed by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, and addressed to the Budget Office of the Federation directed the commencement of the new payment.
According to documents obtained by The PUNCH from the National Income, Salaries and Wages Commission revealed the amount civil servants under the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure would earn per cadre.
The amount was calculated per annum.
A breakdown showed that level one officers would now earn N930,000 per annum, level two N934,160. The salary figure increased to N937,713 for level three officers while grade level four officers now earn N950,243.
Grade Level five officers will earn N973,123, level six N1,041,786 per annum and level seven (N1,277,667).
Grade level eight public servants will now earn N1, 479,276, level nine officers will get N1, 641,226 per annum and level 10 will earn N1, 806,041.
For senior level officers, the document showed that Grade level 12 officers will now earn N2,007,152 per annum following the approval of the consequential adjustments.
Grade level 13 officials get N2,182,637, level 15 officials will get N2,358,936, and public servants on level 16 will receive N3,611,689 per annum.
Grade Level 17 officers, a position reserved for permanent secretary and the highest office in the civil service, will now earn N6,918,560.
Under every level, an amount was allocated for civil servants as salary, subject to change every year before their next promotion to the next level.
For Example grade one level on step two public servant will earn N935,585, (N941,173) for step three, N946,859 for step four, N952,345 for step five, N957,931 for step six, N963,518 for step seven, N969,104 for step eight, N974,690 for step nine, N980,270 for step 10, N985,863 for step 11, N991,449 for step 12, N997,035 for step 13, N1,002,621 for step 14 and N1,008,209 for step 15.
In an interview the Director of Press, OAGF, Bawa Mokwa did not clear the air on payment of 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,”
Reacting to the new minimum wage payment commencement, the spokesperson of Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, asked establishments in the country to emulate the example set by the Federal Government.
“Yes, I think so. We ask other entities to emulate this example”, he said.
Similarly, Deputy President of the Trade Union Congress, Tommy Etim said, “FG’s committee on consequential adjustments already released a template, so, no one has any moral ground to delay the payment of the minimum wage. We now advise that all other parties follow suit and commence the payment of the new minimum wage.”
The N70,000 minimum wage is a 100 percent pay rise from the N30,000 paid by the previous administration.
