The Federal Government begins payment of new minimum wage to civil servants under its payroll on Thursday, September 26, 2024.
The Spokesperson of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa revealed this in an exclusive interview with DAILY POST on Thursday.
He stated that workers will begin to get alerts of their new minimum wage salary payment starting from Thursday.
Mokwa did not, however, state if the minimum wage would be paid alongside its arrears.
He told newsmen that, “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
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