FG begins payment of new minimum wage to civil servants

The federal administration has declared that it is prepared to start paying civil servants the new minimum wage.

Bawa Mokwa, the spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, informed reporters of this development on Thursday. In remarks to reporters on Thursday, he said that workers who are paid by the federal government could anticipate receiving notices about their revised minimum wage compensation starting today.

Federal Government civil officials will begin receiving the new minimum salary on Thursday, September 20, 2024, he declared.I can tell you that the minimum wage is being paid today, but I'm not sure if there are any arrears.

On July 18, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved a new minimum salary of N70,000.