The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Friday said that the Federal Government was not considering an upward review of public and civil servants' salaries. He said what is being reviewed was some peculiar allowances of both the civil and public servants, not salaries as was recently reported.
This was contained in a statement by the Head/Deputy Director, of the Press and Public Relations Unit of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Olajide Oshundun.
The statement read: “The attention of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator (Dr) Chris Nwabueze Ngige OON, has been drawn to the news item that the Federal Government is reviewing salaries of public and Civil servants which was a fallout of his interaction with State House Correspondents after his recent audience with Mr President.
“The Honourable Minister wishes to clarify that the increase he talked about was on the REMUNERATIONS and EMOLUMENTS of the affected workers, especially the civil servants.
