President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially approved the sum of 35,000 naira minimum wage for all federal civil servants. The approval was announced in a circular issued by the (NSIWC) National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission on Thursday. The was signed by their Ekpo U. O, stating that the wage award is effective from Friday, September 1, 2023.
“I hereby convey the approval of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria for the grant of a wage award of N35,000:00 (thirty-five thousand Naira) only per month to all Federal Government workers with effect from 1 September 2023 pending when a new national minimum wage is expected to have been signed into law,” it reads.
The circular, also stated that “Non-treasury funded Federal Government agencies are to implement the same from their internally generated.”
