…Implementation to Begin July 2024
The Federal Government has approved the revision of the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure, CONPSS, with effect from 24 July 2024.
This was announced by the Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC, Ekpo Nta, during a press briefing held in Abuja on Tuesday.
Nta stated that President Bola Tinubu gave his assent to the Act after the bill was forwarded to him by the National Assembly.
He further explained that any federal public service institution, whether self-funded or treasury-funded, that had not yet received the official circular on the revised salary structure should contact the commission for clarification.
He noted, “This is to avoid an uncoordinated implementation which has the tendency to destroy the existing salary relativities in the federal public service.”
The revision comes after a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, was reached by the Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries, which includes representatives from the federal government and the trade union sides of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council.
The MoU was finalised on 20 September 2024, following the enactment of the NSIWC Amendment Act 2024 and the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act.
Nta also provided clarity on how various categories of workers would benefit from the revised salary structure. He mentioned that directives would soon be issued to cover pensioners, National Youth Service Corps members, and interns.
In addition to the CONPSS, other revised salary templates were highlighted. These include the Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure, CONRAISS, Consolidated Universities Academic Salary Structure, CONUASS, and Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure II, CONTISS II.
Other structures set for revision include the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure, CONPCASS, Consolidated Tertiary Educational Institutions Salary Structure, CONTEDISS, Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, CONMESS, and Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS.
Further revised templates include the Consolidated Para-Military Salary Structure, CONPASS, Consolidated Police Salary Structure, CONPOSS, Consolidated Intelligence Community Salary Structure, CONICSS, and the Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure, CONAFSS.
Explaining the effective date for the commencement of the new salary structure, Nta stated that although an earlier statement from the Minister of State for Labour, Nkiruka Onyejeocha, indicated that payment would begin from 1 May 2024, the government had now set 29 July 2024 as the official implementation date.
He explained, “The President has approved the revision of the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure with effect from July 29, 2024.”
This decision to start implementation in July rather than May has sparked reactions from labour leaders. Officials of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s shift in implementation date.
“The backdating to July is not fair. It is not acceptable,” Benson Upah, NLC’s head of information, said. Timmy Etim, national vice president of the TUC, corroborated Upah’s remarks.
However, Nta has defended the government’s decision, stating that it was based on the President’s approval date after the passage of the bill by the National Assembly.
According to him, any delay in implementation would only result in two months’ arrears being paid if disbursements begin by the end of October.
Nta further stressed that the NSIWC would ensure that any changes in salary structures would be carefully implemented to maintain equity across the public service.
“This is to avoid an uncoordinated implementation which tends to destroy the existing salary relativities in the federal public service,” he concluded.
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