President Bola Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has formally endorsed a minimum wage of ₦35,000 for all federal government employees. This endorsement was communicated through a circular released by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) on Thursday, October 19th.
The circular, bearing the signature of NSIWC Chairman Ekpo U. O. specifies that the wage adjustment becomes applicable starting from Friday, September 1, 2023.
The circular states, “I refer to the Memorandum of Understanding reached between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Monday, 2 October 2023 as a result of the dispute arising from the withdrawal of subsidy on the price of premium motor spirit (PMS) and hereby convey the approval of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic 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.
“Accordingly, the implementation of the N35,000.00 per month wage award for all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies that are treasury-funded will be funded from the treasury.
“Non-treasury funded Federal Government agencies are to implement the same from their internally generated.”