{"id":321098,"date":"2024-04-30T22:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=321098"},"modified":"2024-04-30T22:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:29:14","slug":"fg-approves-salary-increase-for-civil-servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/04\/30\/fg-approves-salary-increase-for-civil-servants\/","title":{"rendered":"FG approves salary increase for civil servants"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Those in the Tertiary Education and Health Sectors had already received their increases<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salaries of civil servants on the existing six Consolidated Salary Structures.<\/p>\n<p>The Salary Structures are the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS), Consolidated Police Salary Structure (CONPOSS), Consolidated Para-military Salary Structure (CONPASS), Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure (CONICCS), and Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS).<\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that those in the Tertiary Education and Health Sectors had already received their increases, which involved Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS)<br \/>\nfor Universities.<\/p>\n<p>For Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, it involved the<br \/>\nConsolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS) and Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS).<\/p>\n<p>The Health Sector also benefitted through the Consolidated Medical<br \/>\nSalary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Sector Salary Structure (CONHESS).<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Head of Press, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Emmanuel Njoku, on Tuesday, said the increases take effect from January 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has also approved increases in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/11\/ramadan-gov-aliyu-gifts-sokoto-workers-pensioners-half-salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pension<\/a> of between 20% and 28% for pensioners on the Defined Benefits Scheme in respect to the above-mentioned six consolidated salary structures with effect from January 1, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those in the Tertiary Education and Health Sectors had already received their increases The Federal Government has approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salaries of civil servants on the existing six Consolidated Salary Structures. 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