Tag: SALARIES

“Its immoral to fix your salaries, allowances” – Obasanjo to NASS

Aminu Imam
Obasanjo to NASS

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says it is immoral for the members of the 10th National Assembly to determine their salaries and allowances. Obasanjo stated this on Friday, when he hosted some members of the House of Representatives in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The former president said it is the duty of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC) to determine what public officeholders earn. Look at your case, with all due respect, Obasanjo had said, You are not supposed to fix your salaries or your allowances; it is…

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Judges salary, allowance: AGF, NJC, RMAFC, others back proposed 300% increase

Aminu Imam
Judges salary

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), yesterday, supported the proposed 300 percent increase in the salaries and allowances of judicial office holders in the country by President Bola Tinubu. The National Judicial Council (NJC), Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMAFC), among others, also endorsed the proposal. The bodies and other critical stakeholders spoke during a one-day public hearing on a Bill, titled: A Bill for an Act to Prescribe the Salaries and Allowances and Fringe Benefit of…

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“Restore N35,000 wage award, pay December salaries” – Civil servants urge FG

Aminu Imam

As the world celebrated Christmas yesterday, some Nigerian civil servants have urged the Federal Government to pay arrears of the N35,000 wage award it promised workers. The civil servants, who spoke to newsmen in separate interviews, also advised the Federal Government to always endeavour to pay their December salaries before Christmas. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had shortly after announcing the removal of petrol subsidy, promised to give N35,000 wage award to Federal Government workers. The idea, according to the President, was to help the workers cushion transport costs amid…

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IPPS System: 5,000 federal civil servants may not get Nov, Dec salaries

Aminu Imam

There is anxiety among federal civil servants as about 5,000 of them may not get November and December salaries. The National President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Dr. Tommy Okon, who disclosed this in Abuja, urged the Federal Government to resolve the issues swiftly. He explained that, out of the 17,000 who were delisted from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in October 2023 are on course to receive their salaries, only those who had earlier completed their verification exercise but were mistakenly…

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Review salaries, emoluments of political office holders downwards, expert urges RMAFC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
President Buhari at national Assembly

A Financial Expert, Okechukwu Unegbu, has urged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review salaries and emoluments of political office holders downwards. Unegbu, a past president of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), made the call in a telephone interview on Monday in Abuja. He spoke against the backdrop of plans by RMAFC to review salaries and emoluments of political office holders and judicial officers. RMAFCs Secretary, Mohammed Shehu, had recently announced plans to partner with relevant agencies of government to review salaries and emoluments…

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