President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary Increase for Civil Servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures
The Salary Structure are Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICCS) and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS).
It will be recalled that those in the Tertiary Education and Health Sectors had already received their increases which involved Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS)
for Universities.
For Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, it involved the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS).
The Health Sector also benefitted through the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Sector Salary Structure (CONHESS).
A statement signed by the Head of Press, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Emmanuel Njoku said the increases take effect from 1st January 2024.
The Federal Government has also approved increases In pension between 20% and 28% for pensioners on the Defined Benefits Scheme in respect of the above-mentioned six consolidated salary structures with effect from 1st January 2024
However, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed the Federal Government’s salary increase, deeming it useless.
Assistant General Secretary Chris Onyeka voiced the NLC’s stance, stating, that the federal government move is a waste of time.
“What they pretend to have done is a waste of time. It does not amount to anything for us and those in the federal civil service,” Onyeka stated.
The announcement detailed increases across various salary structures, including those for the police, paramilitary, intelligence, and armed forces.
Pensioners under the Defined Benefits Scheme will also witness boosts ranging from 20% to 28%.
