The federal government says it has commenced payment of five-month wage award arrears of N35,000 to civil servants since the end of May 2025.
The director of media, office of the accountant general of the federation, Bawa Mokwa, who made this known on Monday also revealed that government has implemented a N70,000 minimum wage payment to all its employees.
The Nigeria labour congress, through its spokesperson, Benson Upah, had in an interview with newsmen on sallah day, berated president bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration over the delay in payment of wage awards and allowances.
Upah had lamented that the Tinubu’s government had neglected workers’ welfare, as economic hardship took a toll on civil servants.
In a reaction, Mokwa explained that the government had kicked off the payment of the arrears of the wage award, stating that the payment would be made in installments in the next four months.
