FG Makes U-Turn On Salary Review

The Federal Government, FG Friday dashed hopes of federal workers about an imminent review of salaries saying that it is only focusing on review of some peculiar allowances of both the civil and public servants and not salaries as was recently reported.

The clarification was made in a statement by Olajide Oshundun Head/Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations Unit of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.

GWG.ng reports that the statement quoted the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige as saying that there will be no salary adjustment without the input of the leadership of the organised labour in accordance with the Collective Bargain Agreement, CBA.

The statement read: “The attention of the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator (Dr) Chris Nwabueze Ngige OON, has been drawn to the news item that the Federal Government is reviewing salaries of public and Civil servants which was a fall out of his interaction with State House Correspondents after his recent audience with Mr President.

“The Honourable Minister wishes to clarify that the increase he talked about was on the REMUNERATIONS and EMOLUMENTS of the affected workers especially the civil servants.

“The Presidential Committee on Salaries (PCS) through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) received recommendations for review of allowances of many Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government. Because salary component is not being reviewed for now by the committee, it addressed the allowances component of the requests including the peculiar allowance for Federal Civil Servants amongst others.

“In Labour parlance as par payment for compensation for work done, REMUNERATION or EMOLUMENT is made up of salary component and earned allowance component.

“Therefore, the Federal Government through the PCS could not have engaged on the review of salaries without involving the workers through their Unions, represented by this two Labour Federation of workers in Nigeria – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), salary review or renegotiation is part of social dialogue and the product is usually a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) usually agreed to by both parties – employers and employees,” the statement deposed in clarifying the position of the FG on salary review.

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