•Nigerian workers
The federal government has paid the second tranche of the outstanding N35,000 wage award arrears to federal government workers.
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known today in a statement issued in Abuja.
Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations, in a statement, noted that the OAGF said the federal government had earlier paid one month out of the initial five months outstanding arrears, adding that with the payment of the second tranche, there remains three tranches to exhaust the wage award arrears.
The OAGF said contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the federal government has not reneged on payment of the wage award arrears; stressing that the federal government will continue to pay the wage award in instalments of N35,000 per month until the outstanding arrears is exhausted.
Recall that the federal government in May 2015, commenced payment of the N35,000 wage award arrears to federal government workers.
According to OAGF, many federal government employees have confirmed receipt of the payment.
