Civil servants on the federal government payroll will begin receiving the new minimum wage payments starting Thursday, September 26, 2024. This was confirmed by Bawa Mokwa, spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, during an interview on Thursday.

Mokwa assured that workers would start receiving payment alerts for the revised minimum wage but did not confirm whether the arrears would be included. He stated, “Federal government civil servants will begin receiving the new minimum wage from today, but I’m unsure about the payment of arrears.”

His statement comes after Ekpo Nta, Chairman of the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission, announced on Tuesday that the government had approved an upward review of the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) in accordance with the Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act of 2024.

This move follows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's approval of the new ₦70,000 minimum wage on July 18, 2024, which was later passed into law by the Senate.