Fuel subsidy: FG to implement 40% pay rise for workers April ending

The Federal Government will start paying the anticipated wage raise for government personnel at the end of this month (April), The Punch reports.

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, ret., is anticipated to approve the payout soonest.

If the proposal is approved, the increase will occur around two months prior to the June withdrawal deadline for the petrol subsidy.

The Federal Government may start paying the 40% pay increase by the end of April of this year, according to Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He also said that the three months’ worth of arrears from January, February, and March would be paid at a later time.

Oshundun, however, stated that he was unable to know whether the President had finally approved the plan made by the government committee tasked with the assignment.

He said, “Consequential allowance Salaries will be increased by 40 per cent for civil servants from level 1 to level 17.

“What we receive now is called consolidated public service salary structure, it is the combination of basic and all allowances. So, the increase will be 40 per cent of what a public servant is earning now.

“They will start paying from the end of this month (April) and the arrears of January, February and March will be paid later. The salary increase is effective from January 2023. That is the proposal submitted by the committee set up to look into salary adjustment for civil servants, but am not sure if the President has signed it yet.”

Last month, the Federal Government authorized a salary increase for the nation’s civil officials, according to the Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige.

He continued by saying that the wage increase had been planned for in the 2023 budget and that it would go into effect on January 1, 2023.

In view of the current economic climate, Ngige defined the wage increase as a special provision for civil servants. It is intended to help government employees fend off the consequences of growing inflation, rising living expenses, and increases in transportation, housing, and power rates.