The Bola Tinubu-led government has initiated the payment of the ₦35,000 wage award to federal civil servants for the month of September 2023.
Several civil servants expressed their excitement, with one confirming the receipt of the payment for September alone, contrary to the earlier promise of a two-month payment. “Yes, I did receive it. I saw the alert about 15 minutes ago. I think it is for September because the alert indicated September,” one of the civil servants stated.
Another civil servant echoed similar sentiments, saying, “Yes, I have seen mine too, but we are expecting to see another alert because the President said it would start from September. So maybe another one will come which will read October.”
Background
President Tinubu had approved a provisional wage award of ₦35,000 for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months.
This decision came after a crucial meeting between representatives of the federal government and leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). The meeting aimed to halt the planned nationwide strike by the unions, which was intended to protest the removal of subsidies.
