- According to him, the next take-home of the Federal Civil Servants will reflect the new minimum.
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the new minimum wage to workers in its employ.
Civil servants will start receiving the new minimum wage payment from Thursday, the 26th of September.
The Spokesperson of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa made this known on Thursday.
According to him, the next take-home of the Federal Civil Servants will reflect the new minimum.
However, Mokwa did not state if the minimum wage would be paid alongside its arrears.
“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”, he told DAILY POST.
His comment comes after the 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