Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has stated that the Federal Government has approved a salary raise for the country’s civil officials.
He stated that the government has boosted the pay of civil officials on the Consolidated Public Service Pay Structure (CONPSS) as well as those working in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
Ngige stated on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday that the wage hike is an unusual provision for civil officials given the current economic situation.
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He revealed that the current administration has included an increase in civil workers’ salaries in the 2023 budget, and that the government is considering raising the salaries of public-sector workers to cover the higher costs of living.
Ngige stated that the funds will assist workers in dealing with inflation, growing living costs, and increases in transportation, housing, and energy rates.
He said: “The Federal Government is looking at giving people in the public service a pay raise to take care of the increased cost of living.
“In the Presidential Committee on Salaries, we have done something for the civil servants for those who are on Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) and some corporations, MDAs that are on that CONPSS. CONPSS is the salary scale for civil servants.
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“We put a percentage for the President to approve, we have approved it at our own committee level. We said it should take effect from January 1, 2023.”
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