The Chief Press Secretary of the Commission, Emma Njoku, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja
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The Federal Government has attributed delay in the implementation of the “Consequential Adjustment” of the N30, 000 new minimum wage to the unrealistic demands of labour unions.
The National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission says it has saved the Federal Government over N400 billion by stopping Duty Tour Allowance fraud and other illegal allowances in public institutions.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public Service workers currently earning below the minimum wage.
Mustapha made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a one-day symposium on the 25th anniversary of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission which has “Overcoming the Challenges of Compensation and Productivity in Nigeria” as its theme.
Deputy and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police will get N3.02 million and N2.7 million respectively as rent subsidy.
He said the medical practitioners in Nigeria had always enjoyed more
privileges in terms of good salary packages than most government
workers because of the sensitivity and complexity of their job.
He said: “You have a package no one shares with you, if you will agree with the commission