BREAKING: Tinubu Approves N25,000 Wage Award To Civil Servants For Next 6 Months

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday approved the payment of N25,000 wage awards for civil servants for the next six months to cushion the negative impact of fuel subsidy removal.

The President said this in his nationwide address to celebrate the 63rd Independence Day anniversary of Nigeria.

He said that the wage award will be paid to civil servants while the federal government take steps to work for the review of the national minimum wage.
The wage award has been one of the demands of the Nigerian Labour Congress that led to the declaration of strike on October 3

THE WHISTLER reports that some of the NLC demands include wage awards, tax exemptions and allowances to public sector workers, reduction of cost of governance, provision of Compressed Natural Gas, buses, the release of modalities for N70bn for Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, and release of officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, among others.

He said, “There is no joy in seeing the people of this nation shoulder burdens that should have been shed years ago. I wish today’s difficulties did not exist. But we must endure if we are to reach the good side of our future.

“My government is doing all that it can to ease the load. I will now outline the path we are taking to relieve the stress on our families and households.

“We have embarked on several public sector reforms to stabilize the economy, direct fiscal and monetary policy to fight inflation, encourage production, ensure the security of lives and property and lend more support to the poor and the vulnerable.

“Based on our talks with labour, business and other stakeholders, we are introducing a provisional wage increment to enhance the federal minimum wage without causing undue inflation. For the next six months, the average low-grade worker shall receive an additional Twenty-Five Thousand naira per month.”