FG announces commencement of payment of N70,000 minimum wage to civil servants

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Federal government has announced readiness to begin the new minimum wage payment to civil servants.

This development was disclosed the Spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, told journalists on Thursday

While addressing journalists on Thursday, he stated that the employees under the federal government payroll can expect to receive notifications regarding their updated minimum wage salary payments from today.

However, Mokwa did not clarify whether the minimum wage would be disbursed along with any outstanding arrears.

He said, “Federal Government civil servants will start getting the new minimum wage from today(Thursday) this September 2024.

”What I can tell you is that the minimum wage salary payment is today I am not sure of the arrears,”

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