Federal civil servants under the Consolidated Public Service Structure will benefit from the new 40 percent peculiar allowance introduced by the Federal Government. This is to say that other workers in employment by the Federal Government but operating under different salary structures such as university workers, medical workers, non-academic workers in tertiary institutions, the police, and members of the armed forces will not benefit. In a memo obtained by our correspondent on Saturday, the National Salaries Income and Wages Commission headed by Ekpo Nta noted that only 144,766 staff members of the federal civil service under the CONPSS salary structure would be paid.
Ekpo said in a memo addressed to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, which was sighted by our correspondent on Saturday, “I refer to my letter No. SWC/S/04/S,651/11/271 dated 24th of February, 2023, and the conclusions of the 11th meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries held on 7th of March, 2023 on the above-mentioned subject and convey approval for the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning to implement the peculiar allowance attached herewith for staff on the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure.”
“This approval takes effect from 1st of January, 2023, and the estimated sum of seventy-nine billion, three hundred and seventy-three million, three hundred and forty thousand, nine hundred and fifty-nine Naira (N79,373,340,959.00) per annum required to implement it for the 144,766 staff on CONPSS will be funded from the treasury. “The commission will periodically monitor the implementation of this approval through salary inspections.”
Some civil servants have confirmed the new reform, which they said was effected in April salary.
Further confirming this development, a senior civil servant in Kwara state who pleaded anonymity said the pay rise came alongside the April 2023 salary. The civil servant said: “I received my own arrears today. Some of our other colleagues have also confirmed receipt of their arrears. It came in alongside our April salary
Similarly, another civil servant in Ibadan stated: “Yes, it is true. Though I am a teacher with a Federal Government school, I can confirm to you that I received my April 2023 salary alongside my arrears.
