President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 35% and 23% salary increment for staff of all federal tertiary institutions, effective January 1, 2023.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the announcement was made in a memo from the office of the Auditor-General to Directors of Audit, Heads of Department, Heads of Units, and All Staff.
The memo states that the salary increase was approved by the Presidential Committee on Salaries at its 13th meeting, after taking into consideration the different stages of collective bargaining in various sectors, and specifically engagements between the Federal Ministry of Education and Tertiary Institutions-based Unions.
The salary increase will apply to the following salary structures:
I. Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Salary Structure (CONPCASS) for Academic Staff of Federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education
II. Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure II (CONTISS II) for non- Academic Staff of Federal Universities
III. Consolidated Tertiary Education Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS) non-Academic Staff of Federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education
IV. Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure II (CONUASS II) for Academic Staff of Federal University
The memo also states that arrears of the salary increase will be paid from January 1, 2023.
Foolish government. Approving salary increase for the priveldged few. What % of the populace is working for govt both state , federal & local govt? Increasing their salary will only toughten economic belt on the neck of jobless(many people working are jobless many are underpaid) Nigerians who are not privileged to be a civil servants nor politicians. When I see govt making some policies,I laugh because the economic impact of those policies are far reaching. But if I may ask, where are the economic advisers & what is their job? But I quickly remember these advisers are corrupt & too selfish to tell the govt the bitter truth. Khaki boys ,your rule is far better than this demon cracy ,come over & save us. We are tired of kleptocracy & glutocracy.