Federal Government Set To Pay Workers’ Salary Arrears And Allowances

The Secretary-General , Association of Senior Civil Servants
of Nigeria (ASCSN), Comrade Alade Bashir Lawal, has said
the Federal Government is planning to pay workers salary
arrears and allowances.
In a statement issued on Monday, Comrade Lawal, who is
also a member of the Presidency’s Panel on Bailout for
Federal Public Servants, said the outstanding benefits
owed thousands of public servants would be paid soon.
He said the benefits included salary arrears, promotion
arrears, first 28th days allowance on transfer from post,
repatriation allowance and allowance for mandatory
training organised by the Office of the Head of the Civil
Service of the Federation (OHCSF) in 2010.
He said the union had written series of letters to President
Muhammadu Buhari as President-elect and since he
assumed office on May 29, intimating him of the
outstanding salaries and allowances.
Following this, he said, the President on September 14,
through the OHCSF ordered MDAs to compile names of
affected officers within seven days.
“Members of the Committee that worked on the salary
arrears issue were drawn mainly from the Federal Ministry
of Finance, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the
Federation, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity
and ASCSN,” he added.
The ASCSN scribe explained that the Committee had
pleaded with the Presidency to accept as supplementary
the list from few other MDAs that could not meet the
seven-day deadline for the submission of names of
affected officers.
He added that a memorandum was forwarded to the
President on the completion of the assignment on bailout
for public servants in the MDAs.
“We must also express gratitude to the Permanent
Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Dr
Cement Illoh, the Chairman of the Panel, for the able
manner he steered the affairs of the Committee.
“In particular, our special thanks also go to President
Buhari for directing the compilation of the arrears and
allowances of the Federal workers. We urge him to
continue to play his fatherly role by directing the release of
needed funds so that these outstanding salaries and
allowances can be paid in the next few weeks in order to
put the entire sordid story behind us,” he said.