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There appears to be selective payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage by the Federal Government, which has triggered fresh tension among federal public workers, as most of those yet to be paid have decried the development.

According to some staff of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, who haven’t seen any addition to their salaries, this is the height of insensitivity on the part of the government whose policies brought hardship and hunger.

This category includes workers of federal universities.
But sources in the Accountant-General’s and Budget Office painted different pictures of the situation on the ground last night.

While the Accountant-General’s office said the new minimum wage was effected along with September salary, the Budget Office said N40,000 was paid across the board to all federal workers but workers are denying this.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu signed the N70,000 minimum wage into law on July 18, 2024, after about two months of protracted negotiations among the tripartite committee members, comprising representatives of government, Organised Private Sector, OPS and organised labour, made up of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart.

One of the staff of an MDA who spoke to Vanguard on condition of anonymity, said: “We are fed up with the whole system. We do not know what the government wants us to do.

‘’It is bad enough that the government removed fuel subsidy and inflicted unbearable suffering and hardship, including hunger on workers and other Nigerians across the country, it is even worse than the minimum wage that has been signed into law for months, in fact, since July, has not been implemented.

“We even heard that some few workers in the core civil service have seen some amount added to their salaries. What sort of arrangement is that? What sort of selective payment is that? Are we not in the same country and experiencing the same hardship and hunger?"

"It is pure discrimination and salary slavery designed to keep some of us in perpetual bondage. We have been frustrated, denied and even humiliated by the policies of the government. Many of us have resorted to sleeping in offices, while many others who do not want to sleep in offices trek long distances to work."

To worsen the suffering, many of us now starve or indulge in self-imposed fasts to cope with the situation. We cannot meet responsibilities to our immediate and extended families. Our children have not resumed school as we have no money to pay their fees and other necessities. We do not know why the government has decided to inflict pain and suffering on us.

“Since the new minimum wage was signed into law, the government has also increased the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff, eroding the value of the new minimum wage that has not even been implemented.

“How does the government want us to survive this assault? Prices of essential communities have continued to rise without any palliative from the government. This is wicked and unfair.”

Budget and National Planning, who pleaded anonymity, said N40,000 was paid to all Federal Government staff across the board instead of the minimum wage.

He explained that the idea was for those formerly on N30,000 minimum wage to have their wages moved to N70,000 with the additional N40,000.

Some federal workers, who spoke with Vanguard, acknowledged receipt of an extra N40,000 in their September salary.

However, a Federal Government explanatory note on the N40, 000 board payment obtained by Vanguard yesterday, read: “On the 40,000 flat rates narrated as ‘minimum wage’ in the September pay slip, it is just a temporary measure to pay something to civil servants before the official template of the minimum wage becomes available.

SOURCE: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/minimum-wage-disquiet-as-fg-makes-selective-payment/

It is well

Selective payment is not good.

Okk. If you plan to travel out, kindly check my profile.

[/b]"Many of us have resorted to sleeping in offices, while many others who do not want to sleep in offices trek long distances to work."[b]
Same format they used to decive youth corpers is what they want to use on federal civil servants.

Trumpdonald5:
Okk

wittyness

I got mine

Hmmm

Government of lies

Na so them carry youth corpers over 4.5 after much noise

Toh

The new minimum wage template would soon be out

Govt of lies and propaganda

FG is broke

Same thing with Youth Corps members, who have not seen any addition to their allawee...

Also, I wonder why federal government stopped the sale of rice to civil servants, even as the generality of the public have not seen a grain.

Lagos state government also stopped the popular sunday market.

This is a government?

If a whole FG is defaulting in Minimum Wage payment, what would you expect from private businesses.

nawa ooh

Many of us still don't understand Nigerian politicians yet. They're weaponizing poverty.

RisenObinna:
SOURCE: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/minimum-wage-disquiet-as-fg-makes-selective-payment/

I knew it 😢 , it will get to a point where people won't have strength to even complain 😕.

The explanation from the Budget Office is clear and should allay the fears of workers. The FG is doing its best to ensure that all workers feel the impact of the new minimum wage.

T pain

President select

Selective payment

Payment for APC members only.

Haa
Government of deceit.

trutharena:
Selective payment is not good.

How dare u discredit Tinubu's government. Peter Obi didn't pay workers salary for 4 years and here u are discrediting Jagaban for selective payment.

You these Obedients and Eyepobs haven't learned enough the political lessons we're teaching u.

The workers should be grateful to the master political strategist of our time. Previous government didn't even pay some people 35k as minimum wage and we're paying 70k. If they're not satisfied with the selective payment, they should resign.

Hope they will be paying the areas

And someone needs to watch Tinubu very well and ensure they are not printing money just like dullardihno Buhari did throughout his miserable tenure

Everything about Nigeria smells corruption

only war will settle this country

Salewa97:
Toh

The new minimum wage template would soon be out

If you have nothing meaningful to say like your other zombies, why not shut it?

The comments section is where we will read all sorts of stories. Even the stories we never knew existed before.

ceejay80s:
only war will settle this country

This is the truth people don't want to hear. There's no peaceful protest that'd change anything in this country. There has to be a revolution, the one where politicians would be scared for their lives and some fleeing the country.

This new minimum wage will further increase inflation and prices of commodity items, we will be back to square one, it might even be worse for some people because only civil servants who are less than 30% of the population are beneficiaries but people dont want to hear this. Government that gives you with right hand and collect back from you with the left