Abuja, Feb. 2, 2024: Some Nigerian civil servants have complained about the \u201cinexplicable\u2019\u2019 delay in payment of the January salaries in spite of improved government revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As at Feb. 1, Nigerian government workers are yet to receive their January emolument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to one of the civil servants, Ibrahim Ali, it is becoming a culture for the Federal Government to delay payment of monthly salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe situation is no longer acceptable for the Federal Government to keep delaying salaries without explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are aware that the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared N1.1 trillion amongst the three tiers of government, so why the delay\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Mrs Hauwa Sule, condemned the idea of delaying the monthly salaries of government workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is no longer acceptable. Civil servants plan based on the monthly salary, which is not even adequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the midst of this harsh economic condition occasioned by the government\u2019s economic policies, the list the government can do is to ensure prompt payment of salaries,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emmanuel Uka, a civil servant, urged the Federal Government to take the plight of ordinary Nigerians as a priority and stop the delay in workers\u2019 monthly salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FAAC shared N1.13 trillion among the three tiers of government as revenue generated in December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FAAC disclosed this in a communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end of its January meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total figure shared represented an increase of N40 billion or 3.67 per cent compared to the N1.09 trillion shared for November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total amount includes gross statutory revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), Companies Income Tax (CIT), Augmentations from Forex and Non-oil Mineral Revenue, and electronic money transfer levy (EMTL), among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) which did not give any reason for the delay, said that civil servants would start getting their January salaries by Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press, OAGF, gave the assurance while reacting to the complaints by government workers.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Abuja, Feb. 2, 2024: Some Nigerian civil servants have complained about the \u201cinexplicable\u2019\u2019 delay in payment of the January salaries in spite of improved government revenue. As at Feb. 1, Nigerian government workers are yet to receive their January emolument. According to one of the civil servants, Ibrahim Ali, it is becoming a culture for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[949],"tags":[1200],"class_list":["post-55425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-salaries","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n