The Office of the Accountant General has refuted claims that the Federal Government failed to pay civil servants’ December salaries.
It stated that wages had been credited with most workers receiving them since Friday, last week.
These clarifications came after opposition party, PDP, issued a statement criticizing the Bola Tinubu administration for being “insensitive” in not paying salaries needed by workers during the yuletide period.
The PDP said it amounted to “weaponizing poverty.”
However, Accountant General’s spokesperson, Bawa Mokwa, dismissed those allegations.
“The salaries have been paid. People have started getting their salaries from last Friday. Most people got it day before yesterday,” he affirmed.
Top civil servants in federal ministries corroborated receiving December pay on Friday but without the new wage increase.
On when wage awards will be implemented, Mokwa said it would come after salaries.
The Tinubu government has faced criticism in recent times over delays in monthly wage payments to civil servants, a deviation from past practice.
But ruling party APC warned PDP against making unfounded claims and playing politics with workers’ welfare.
APC organising secretary Nze Chidi Duru said occasional payment delays could arise from system glitches but not insensitivity.
The Accountant General’s clarifications have put to rest for now, concerns over federal workers’ December pay, which is usually expected before Christmas celebrations.
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