Tag: Federal workers

Federal workers demand ₦300,000 minimum wage

Aminu Imam
Federal workers demand

The Federal Workers Forum, (FWF), has urged the Federal Government to pay outstanding workers’ entitlements, implement a ₦300,000 minimum wage, and address challenges affecting correctional centres nationwide. Its National Coordinator, Andrew Emelieze, made the demands in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja. Emelieze urged the government to settle the outstanding two-month wage award owed to federal workers since June 2024 and to pay the arrears of the 40 percent peculiar allowance. “We remind the Federal Government of its outstanding obligations to federal workers, including the two-month wage award, peculiar allowance…

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Federal workers demand immediate payment of ₦175,000 Wage award arrears

Aminu Imam
Federal workers demand

A storm is brewing across the federal civil service as frustration reaches a boiling point over the Federal Government’s continued delay in paying the ₦175,000 wage award arrears owed to workers.  The arrears, covering five months from April, remain unpaid despite multiple promises and assurances from the Government. Workers, who had initially welcomed the wage award as a palliative to cushion the rising cost of living, now feel betrayed by what they describe as the government’s “delay tactics”. Many believe the delay is deliberate and aimed at avoiding full payment…

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