Breaking: FG Approves Pay Rise for Civil Servants
*Pay rise covers remaining 6 consolidated salary structures
*Increase ranges from 25% – 35%
*Pensioners get 20 – 28%
*Takes effect from January 1, 2024
*NLC: Pay rise should be extended to all
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25 percent and 35 percent in salary for Civil Servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures
A statement signed by the Head of Press, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Emmanuel Njoku said the increases take effect from 1st January 2024.
The affected Salary Structures are the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICCS) and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS).
It will be recalled that those in the Tertiary Education and Health Sectors had already received their increases which involved Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS)
for Universities.
For Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, it involved the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS).
The Health Sector also benefitted through the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Sector Salary Structure (CONHESS).
The Federal Government has also approved increases In pension of between 20 percent and 28 percent for pensioners on the Defined Benefits Scheme in respect to the above-mentioned six consolidated salary structures with effect from 1st January 2024.
Reacting to the government’s statement on pay increase, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the guesture should be extended to all categories of Civil Servants.
NLC’s Head of Information and Publicity, Comrade Benson Upah said although details of the federal government’s statement have been formally received by the Congress, from what he read about it, the pay rise was for certain categories of workers in the public servlice.
The NLC scribe who spoke to THISDAY Tuesday said that salary increase is a welcome development and that government should ensure that margin is reflective of the harsh economic situation in the country.
He said: “I am yet to see the details of the statement but from what I heard, those affected by the pay rise are from the specialized Service.
“These categories of workers are already in the privileged sector but we expect it to be extended also to other categories of Civil Servants who are in lower cadre and are vulnerable”.
