FG set to pay promotion arrears owed civil servants

The federal government is set to off-set all the backlog of outstanding liabilities, such as promotion arrears owed civil servants.

The development was made public by the head of service of the federation, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, at a Peer Review Mechanism for Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service which took place on Friday, June 8, Leadership reports.

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Legit.ng recalls that before now, Oyo-ita had been an advocate of an upward review of the salaries of federal civil servants.

She disclosed that the Ministry of Finance has already begun the disbursement of promotion arrears to some civil servants.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the presidency said it was making plans to pay pensioners who retired in January and February 2017 under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

Federal government retirees, especially those who retired from January 2017 till February 2018, are yet to get any pension entitlement, as the federal government now owes 14 months unpaid pension.

Reports showed that while payment for the two months had been concluded, the National Pension Commission (PenCom) was still awaiting the release of the funds from the Federal Ministry of Finance before it commences payment to the concerned retirees.

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Source: Legit.ng