Workers' Day: Tinubu Approves Salary Increase for Civil Servants, Pensioners, Gives Details

• President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has approved an increase between 25% and 35% in salaries for civil servants
• The president also approved an increase between 20% and 28% for pensioners in the country
• The salary increase was for civil servants in the six remaining consolidated salary structures, which included CONPSS, CONRAISS, CONPOSS, CONPASS, CONICCS, and CONAFSS

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Aso-Rock, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has approved salary increments between 25% and 35% for civil servants in the country.

These increments are for civil servants in the remaining six consolidated salary structures.

According to a tweet by NTA on Tuesday, April 30, the salary structure includes the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICCS) and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS).

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In line with the six consolidated structures, the president also announced an increment for pensioners between 20% and 28% on the Defined Benefits Scheme. The government maintained that the increment takes effect from January 1, 2024.

Workers in education, health get salary increase

Recall that workers in the tertiary education and health sectors received salary increments, which included the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS) in the universities.

Lecturers in the polytechnics and colleges of education have been categorised in the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS).

This was disclosed in a statement by Emmanuel Njoku, the head of press in the National Salaries, incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), adding that the increment has taken effect from January 1, 2024.

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Six states demand N60k as minimum wage

Legit.ng earlier reported that workers in Taraba and Gombe states demanded a new minimum wage of N60,000.

This is contrary to the demands of workers in the southwest, who were demanding a minimum of N794,000.

The workers in the geopolitical zones in the country are presenting their demands to the presidential tripartite committee on the national minimum wage.

Source: Legit.ng