The Federal Government has assure that there would not be a delay in the payment of July 2023 salaries for civil servants.
Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, gave the assurance during an interactive session with journalists at the Media Parley to commemorate the 2023 Civil Service Week organised by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF). The theme of this year’s civil service week celebration is “Digitalisation of work processes in the public service: A gateway to efficient resource utilizsation and national development.”
The clarifications came following report that there were delays in the payment of May and June 2023 salaries.
Madein, in her clarification noted that the delay in the May and June 2023 salaries was due to some bottlenecks beyond the control of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation but assured that modalities had been put in place to ensure that salaries were paid as and when due.
The AGF said, “For May and June, we encountered some difficulties beyond our control but I can assure you that everything has been put in place to ensure that July 2023 salaries are not delayed and will be paid any moment from now.”
Also speaking at the dialogue, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, assured that workers would smile soon.
She was responding to questions surrounding palliatives to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal on civil servants.
She noted that a committee that was set up by the government was looking at the idea of transportation allowances among others.
Yemi-Esan also noted that her office was working towards the full digitlisation and open government across the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
According to her, the OHCSF was also poised to achieve a minimum of 50% functional official email addresses created in the Service by 2025; minimum of 40% Automation of Ministries’ work processes; minimum of 60% access to government’s services online and the provision of clean, reliable, affordable and sustainable power supply to guarantee the optimalisation of the digitalization policy.
Yemi-Esan further noted that as against previous Civil Service Week, that of 2023 was preceded with a media parley in recognition of the fact that aside providing the platform to interact with Media Executives and Partners, the Media Parley “enables us give significant updates and insights into how we fared as a service undergoing transformation.”