FG may withhold December salary of 5,000 civil servants
National President, of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Tommy Okon, has said 5,000 federal civil servants who have discrepancies in their dates of first appointment and dates of birth may not receive their December salary.
Okon, however, said the union was working with the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and it has forwarded the names of the affected workers to their Directors of Human Resources for confirmation.
The ASCSN President said 2,772 workers have been successfully restored to the payroll of the Federal Government after concluding their online and physical verification exercise.
He called on the Federal Government to expedite and conclude actions to ensure that the December salary of the civil servants who are undergoing different exercises to be reintegrated into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System is not delayed.
Addressing journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, the union leader said the physical verification exercise of the ‘17,000’ core civil servants who were delisted from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System was concluded in October 2023 and those involved were in high spirit, waiting for their monthly salary which was stopped since September 2023 to be restored.
A total of 2,772 have been verified and forwarded to IPPIS for payment because there were no issues. The names of 5,000 workers who have discrepancies are to be forwarded to their DHR for confirmation.
Six teams are working tirelessly to ensure that the exercise is completed on time. Public servants should develop the habit of checking the HOS website for regular updates. We have confirmed that the salary for sebtember 2023 September, therefore, those affected will not be able to get their salary for the ember.
However, an effort is being made by the HOSF to ensure that those cleared will get their salaries for December 2023 including the arrears from September.
