FG to clear salary arrears — Ngige

As part of efforts to resolve the lingering issue of unpaid salary arrears and allowances of public servants, a   meeting  was held by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma, Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Head of the Civil Service […]

As part of efforts to resolve the lingering issue of unpaid salary arrears and allowances of public servants, a   meeting  was held by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma, Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita.

Ngige said the meeting  was held  to clear all arrears such as outstanding allowances on promotion, twenty-eight days relocation, repatriation, training, burial expenses and death benefits to public servants. He added that government’s decision was anchored on a clear understanding that clearing these arrears forms part of the palliative measures being taken to cushion the harsh economic realities on the public servants.

He said that the office of the Accountant General of the Federation was already processing the sum of 10  billion naira for the payment of promotion arrears with modalities for payment being worked out to make sure that wrong persons are not paid this first olive-waving step of the Federal Government. 

“It similarly noted that a disbursement of the sum of N14.6 Billion had earlier been done in early 2017 to take care of the salary arrears arising from the shortfalls in the 2016 budget,” he said.

It would be recalled that the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria had earlier issued 14 days strike notice on the Federal Government over the issue. The ultimatum ended on 30th/05/2017.