FG Increases Salaries Of Tertiary Institutions Staff By 35 Per Cent

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Federal Government has approved the implementation of 35% and 23% of salary increment for Staff of all Federal Tertiary Institutions.

Gatekeepers News reports that this is contained in a letter from the office of the Auditor General of the Federation with Ref. NO: OAuGF/Sw/C/QP/1395/VOL.1/II.

In the memo dated September 21, 2023, which was directed to the Directors of Audit Heads of Department,Heads of Units, FG will also pay arrears from 1st January 2023.

The salary review affects academic and non-academic staff of federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

The Letter partly reads;

“I am directed to inform you that the Presidential Committee on Salaries at its 13th meeting having taken into consideration the different stages of collective bargaining in various sectors and specifically engagements between the Federal Ministry of Education and Tertiary Institutions-based Unions and consequently the Federal Government’s approval is hereby conveyed as revised for the following:-

Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Salary Structure (CONPCASs) for Academic Staff of Federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education with effect from 1 January, 2023,”