The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said federal civil servants will start getting their allowances paid in full by January as soon as President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), approves the payment. Ngige disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists on Thursday.
He said contrary to speculations that the Federal Government was proposing a salary increase for civil servants, the true position was that the federal civil servants’ allowances would be paid in full as soon as Buhari approved the payment. He said the idea of paying the allowances to the federal civil servants was muted as part of measures to cushion the effects of the current economic hardship in the country.

The minister disclosed that the workers allowances had been tabulated by the ministry and sent to the President for approval.
According to him, the issue of salary increment and remunerations for the workers is not a unilateral decision as it will require a roundtable deliberation between the workers union and the Federal Government before any salary adjustment can be effected.