Civil Servants To Earn N1.48m As FG Begins Payment Of New Minimum Wage
Seven months after concluding negotiations on the new N70,000 minimum wage, the Federal Government has commenced payment of the revised salary structure.
Public servants across all levels of the federal civil service will receive the new wage, starting this month.
Over 1.2 million civil servants under the Federal Government’s payroll are set to benefit from this adjustment. A directive for the September salary payment, signed by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, was issued to the Budget Office of the Federation, authorizing the payment of the new wages.
Documents obtained from the National Income, Salaries, and Wages Commission provide a detailed breakdown of the salaries public servants will earn under the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure, with figures calculated on an annual basis.
According to the breakdown:
Grade level one officers will earn N930,000 annually,
Grade level two officers will earn N934,160,
Grade level three officers will earn N937,713,
Grade level four officers will earn N950,243.
For other levels, salaries range as follows:
Grade level five: N973,123,
Grade level six: N1,041,786,
Grade level seven: N1,277,667,
Grade level eight: N1,479,276,
Grade level nine: N1,641,226,
Grade level ten: N1,806,041.
Senior officers will see further increases, with:
Grade level 12 officers earning N2,007,152 annually,
Grade level 13 officers earning N2,182,637,
Grade level 15 officers earning N2,358,936,
Grade level 16 officers earning N3,611,689, and
Grade level 17 officers, the highest level reserved for permanent secretaries, earning N6,918,560.
Under each grade level, the salary will increase incrementally based on the officer’s step within the level, with step promotions affecting the pay every year. For example, a level one officer at step two will earn N935,585, increasing to N1,008,209 by step 15.
Confirming the new wage implementation, the Director of Press at the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, stated, “The new minimum wage payment begins today (Thursday) for this month’s salary. Civil servants should expect their payment alerts soon.”
A civil servant who wished to remain anonymous also confirmed that some staff had already started receiving the new payments.
The September salary breakdown, covering employees across Ministries, Departments, Agencies, the Armed Forces, Paramilitary units, and Federal Universities, among others, totals 1,236,824 workers.
The new wage structure was set in motion after President Bola Tinubu signed the minimum wage bill into law on July 29, 2024, following meetings with the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria. The approved wage will officially take effect from that date.
A letter from the Accountant-General, dated September 24, 2024, confirmed that the implementation of the new salary, including the 35% and 25% salary adjustments for workers on specific salary structures like CONPSS, CONRAISS, and CONPASS, has commenced.
The letter also indicated that the Federal Government would spend approximately N334.93 billion monthly, totaling N4.019 trillion annually, to cover the wage bill for public servants. Additionally, N52.32 million was allocated for the newly created Federal University Teaching Hospital in Wukari, employing 239 staff.
This payment follows efforts by the government to generate additional revenue for the new minimum wage, a move that had a noticeable impact on revenue allocation to states during the August FAAC meeting.
