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May Day: Tinubu Gov’t Approves Salary Increase For Civil Servants
The civil servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures will receive a salary increase as recently approved by the Federal Government.
Nation Post reports that this development was announced in a statement late Tuesday, April 30th, by Emmanuel Njoku, the Head of Press at the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), on Tuesday.
The salary increment will be effective January 1st, 2024.
The Consolidated Salary Structures include various sectors such as the 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 is worth noting that the salary increases for those in the tertiary education and health sectors have already been implemented. This includes the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS) for universities, and the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS) for polytechnics and colleges of education.
Furthermore, the Health Sector will also benefit from the salary increase through the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Sector Salary Structure (CONHESS).
In addition to the salary increase, the Federal Government has approved a pension increase of between 20% and 28% for pensioners on the defined benefits scheme related to the aforementioned six consolidated salary structures.
