The federal government says it has commenced the payment of February salary to its workers.
The spokesperson of Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this to in a statement on Thursday.
Mokwa explained that the government has put in place disbursement requirements to kickoff February salary payment and that workers will start receiving alert before the end of Thursday.
“February salary payment will start trickling in today (Thursday). I can confirm to you that everything has been put in place to make salary payment to civil servants commence.
“From Thursday, civil servants will start receiving alerts,” he stated.
He added that February salaries will be paid without shortfalls contrary to claims.
He stated that the ‘purported shortfalls’ in January salary was as a result of the completion of payment of new minimum wage and other arrears from September 2024.
“It is a misunderstanding. What some persons called shortfalls in their salary was not as described. From September to December 2024, civil servants were paid minimum wage and other bonus arrears which shot up their total take-home and salary budget.
“However, from Janaury, all the arrears were cleared hence they returned to their due monthly salary,” he stated.
