Consequential Salaries Adjustments Committee Completes Work, Signs MoU With FG

ABUJA – The Committee on Consequential Salaries Adjustments recently constituted by the Federal Government, arising from the new Minimum Wage Act 2024, has concluded its assignment with both parties signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Speaking after the signing of MoU, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who doubled as chairman of the committee, commended members for the painstaking efforts put into the task assigned.

The HCSF said, “both the trade union and the government sides have agreed on the consequential adjustments in salaries arising from the new minimum wage of N70,000.

Walson-Jack also disclosed that all the members considered the MoU and have all signed copies, concluding the exercise with handing over copies to representatives on both sides.

She described the assignment as the shortest and most peaceful negotiations thus far, adding that the signed copy of the MoU would now be forwarded to the Federal Government for further action.

This was contained in a statement issued by Mrs. Eno Olotu, Head, Information and Public Relations, in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation(OHCSF).

In his remarks, the National Chairman of the Joint Negotiating Council, Comrade Benjamin Anthony, representing the trade union side, commended the HCSF and expressed satisfaction with the committee’s work.