Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN,
yesterday, commended President Buhari
for the payment of salaries of Federal Public Servants by April 25, urging him
to ensure that other benefits such as promotion arrears among other allowances
owed Federal employees were settled in good time.
Recall that for some months now, payment of salaries of
Federal Workers have been delayed and that prompted President Buhari to direct
the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, to ensure that
salaries are paid by the 24th or 25th of every month.
In a statement, ASCSN Secretary-General, Alade Bashir Lawal,
expressed joy that the OAGF carried out the directive of Mr. President as April
2016 salaries of federal officers had been paid.
“We commend Mr. President for this directive and the Office
of the Accountant-General of the Federation for carrying it out. It is our hope
that the OAGF has put necessary machinery in place to sustain the payment
schedule and not to relapse to the old ways after few months,” the Union
stated.
ASCSN said that early payment of salaries would boost the
morale of employees and ginger them to improve their productivity and urged the
state governments to emulate the Federal Government on early payment of
salaries to their workers.
The body also urged President Buhari to ensure that
outstanding salaries, promotion arrears and other allowances owed Federal
workers and captured in the 2016 Budget were paid as soon as it was signed into
Law.
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