Tinubu’s govt commences payment of N35,000 wage award

• Federal civilian servants successful Nigeria are successful a jubilation temper arsenic President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's medication commences outgo of the N35,000 wage grant
• The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation confirmed the outgo to national workers crossed the country
• The Director of Press and Public Relations astatine the OAGF, Bawa Mokwa, disclosed that the payments would beryllium done successful installments of N35,000 for 5 months

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary issues

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government has commenced the outgo of the N35,000 wage grant arrears to national civilian servants.

The wage grant was portion of a palliative bundle negotiated successful 2023 pursuing the removal of the substance subsidy.

The wage grant payments would beryllium done successful installments of N35,000 for 5 months. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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It is being paid successful monthly installments of N35,000 for 5 months.

“The payments would beryllium done successful installments of N35,000 for 5 months.”

The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation said respective authorities employees had already received the recognition alerts, portion others would person theirs successful owed course.

As reported by The Punch, the Director of Press and Public Relations astatine the OAGF, Bawa Mokwa, made this known successful a connection issued connected Monday, May 26, 2025.

Mokwa assured workers that each outstanding payments would beryllium disbursed accordingly.“The Federal Government has commenced outgo of the N35,000 wage grant arrears to national authorities workers,”

The OAGF further clarified that the Accountant General of the Federation, Babatunde Ogunjimi, did not authorities that the wage grant was excluded from the 2025 Budget.

“The Accountant-General of the Federation ne'er said the N35,000 wage grant was excluded from the 2025 Budget arsenic reported by immoderate online media,”

He rubbished reports circulating successful immoderate sections of the online media that Ogunjimi had briefed the property connected the substance of the wage award.

Mokwa reiterated that the outstanding arrears would beryllium settled, successful enactment with the national government’s committedness to fulfilling its promises to workers.

Tinubu's govt acceptable to offset 5 months wage grant arrears

Recall that successful furtherance of the 'Renewed Hope' agenda, the Nigerian authorities announced its readiness to wage the outstanding 5 months of N35,000 wage wage grant arrears to national workers connected its payroll.

The authorities noted that the archetypal instalment of arrears would beryllium paid aft the April 2025 wage payment.

The bureau of the accountant-general of the federation (OAGF) confirmed this improvement successful a connection connected Monday, April 28, 2025.

NLC sends connection to Sanwo-Olu On N35,000 wage grant

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) sent an important connection to Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state.

The NLC Lagos authorities Chairman, Funmi Sessi, said the N35,000 wage award is not portion of the N70,000 caller minimum wage.

According to Sessi, the N35,000 wage grant does not bespeak connected the allowances of the civilian servants successful the state.

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