Buhari slashes civil servants' salaries weeks before Christmas
Akinyemi Akinrujomu 2 hours ago 30784

– Workers are said to be ‘losing’ as high as 50 per cent of their salaries from cuts by the federal government in November pay

– The workers said they were not notified of the cuts until the last minute just about when their salaries were about to be paid


President Buhari-led federal government has slashed civil servants’ salaries
The Federal government of Nigeria has reportedly drastically reduced the salaries of ALL civil servants in ministries, departments and paratatals for the month of November 2016, Leadership reports.

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Even as prices of goods and services spike to the highest, Leadership reports that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Public Complaint Commission were shut down in November as a result of payment of half salaries in October but many others have joined in November.

It reports that some people were said to have received cuts as high as 50 per cent while others could not even determine how much had been deducted.


The document notifying workers of the salary slash at the eleventh-hour
A staff of Voice of Nigeria (VON) lamented that they only learnt of the salary cut when an internal memo dated Wednesday, November 30, 2016 was made available to them same day.

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The memo addressed by the HOF to all staff, titled: ‘Reduction in November 2016 Salary’ stated that “We received the Payroll report for the Month of November 2016 from IPPIS and observed there is a drastic reduction in the Net Pay of Voice of Nigeria staff.”

Meanwhile, in the hope of getting Nigeria out of recession quickly, President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly proposed a N7.2trillion budget for 2017.

The president was said to have presented the proposed 2017 Appropriation Bill at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, November 30 during which it was approved.

https://leadership.ng/news/562047/civil-servants-cry-out-as-fg-slashes-november-salaries

May God give Nigeria the grace and wisdom to get out of this recession issue.

^^ Amen.
I really don't consider this move out of place going by the kind of model we run on in our civil service system.

No source

NaijaMutant:
No source

With civil servants everywher this kind of news hardly needs a source.

Which way!!!!Nigeria

Damage brain @op

Sibrah:
With civil servants everywher this kind of news hardly needs a source.

So where did the op get the post from

and dey said we shouldn't participant in mmm.

Since Buhari assumed office as President, the following words have become popular by some percentage:
1. Recession e.g Have you not heard that Nigeria is in recession this year?
2. Hardship e.g This government has brought untold hardship in Nigeria.
3. Suffering e.g Nigerians are suffering.
4. Starvation e.g With Buhari in power, so many Nigerians are starving.
5. Hunger e.g O boy, hunger dey o.
6. Bad Economy e.g Blame Jonathan for Nigeria's bad economy.
7. Survive e.g How are you surviving without salary?
8. Manage e.g We have to manage this cup of beans for the next two weeks.
9. Cope e.g Hope we can cope with the hike in data tariff.
10. Expensive e.g Everything in the market are too expensive.
11. Trek e.g Guy, make we trek instead of joining a bus.
12. No money (self explanatory).
13. Country hard
14. Local Rice
15. Ban e.g FG bans importation of cars.
16. Forex
17. Shiite
18. Suicide e.g Man leaves suicide note for Buhari, asks him to eat up Nigeria.
19. Increment e.g I went back immediately to buy recharge card and was told there is an increment.

20. MMM and other ponzi schemes.

Please feel free to add yours... This is all I can remember now.

I don't know where this "news" came from but my salary was not slashed nor that of any other Federal Government employee I know.

pls wen will Fed Ministry of Education receive alert for Nov 2016 salary

November salary never enter for many places up till now

Today is 6th december,staffs of min of justice have not been paid Nov salary oooo

Change indeed Salary just came in for some part of Ministry of interior

Salaries under science n tech hasn't been paid up till now 07-12-16 and this is very unusual and annoying!

this is serious. Nigerian prisons Enugu. some were paid and others are still waiting. wat could be d cause. is better not to pay at all Dan to pwy some and put other in high bp

pinkvirus:
this is serious. Nigerian prisons Enugu. some were paid and others are still waiting. wat could be d cause. is better not to pay at all Dan to pwy some and put other in high bp

atleast d remaining half go see who to borrow from. Better Dan when no one has received at all

this is not fair atall