Fed Govt set to pay workers’ salary arrears, 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.