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| Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita |
THE Federal Government has approved the sum of N44 billion
for payment of backlog of promotion arrears, salary shortfalls and other staff
claims owed to public servants since 2012.
Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred
Oyo-Ita, made this known during an interactive session with civil servants at
the Public Service Institute, Kubwa, Abuja as part of activities marking the
2017 Federal Civil Service Week.
She explained that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had
already approved the marshal plan by the Federal Ministry of Finance on how to
settle the staff outstanding claims and arrears.
Oyo-Ita, noted that while the sum of N30 billion was set
aside for the payment of outstanding promotion arrears owed workers since 2012,
the government earmarked additional N14 billion for payment of salary shortfall
for affected Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs).
She also pledged to ensure digitisation of the full content
of the public service operations in order to make for more efficiency and
transparency in the service delivery to the nation.
She said: “Records revealed that the outstanding claims and
arrears owed public servants had accumulated as far back as 2012 during which
period the nation was in funding surplus but the allowances could not be paid.”
“However, in the past couple of months, we have had series
of engagement with the Presidency, the National Assembly and relevant MDAs for
the payment of our outstanding promotion arrears and other entitlement.”
“These engagement have culminated to the commencement of the
payment of outstanding promotion areas in tranches.”
“The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation
under directive has issued a Circular for MDAs to individually submit their
accumulated promotion arrears which will be credited directly to your
accounts.”
“In the same vein, His Excellency, the Ag. President has
equally directed the Budget Office of the Federation and the Federal Ministry
of Finance to put in place modalities for the settlement of our other
outstanding allowances, this is in top gear and a Circular would be issued in
due course to intimate us on the payment plans.”
“Again, in line with this Administrations drive on
accountability, each beneficiary will have their payment credited directly to
his/her account.”
“It is pertinent at this juncture that I acknowledge the
effort of the various Unions towards the amicable resolution of this matter and
pray for continued cordial relationships as partners in progress,” she said.
While urging workers to reciprocate the gesture of the
current of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Acting President, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo, SAN, who have shown great commitment to the welfare of workers, the
Head of Service said civil servants could no longer continue to conduct
government business in the manner which has brought the Civil Service much
disrepute.
She insisted that workers must individually and collectively
as “efficient, productive, incorruptible and citizen-centred public servants
embrace this change for us, our children and generations unborn”.
“We have to rededicate ourselves to the aspirations of the
current administration to achieve a national economy that we shall all be proud
of. But I want to assure you, that the Federal Government is working
assiduously to ensure the betterment of our work environment and service
conditions,” she said.
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