The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has announced the release of the sum of N35 billion to settle the backlog of promotion arrears owed the federal civil servants. It covers years 2011 to 2016.
Ahmed Idris who spoke after receiving a briefing from the Chairman of the Committee on the Verification of civil servants that are entitled to Promotion Arrears, Mohammed Kudu Usman, expressed satisfaction with the success recorded from the exercise.
The Accountant General said that the payment has helped the workers meet some of the most pressing needs, adding that federal government is committed to fulfilling its promises and commitments to the workers.
According to him, the payments which are being made in batches have seen staff from over 261 MDAs so far being paid the sum of N22,596,120,830.44. Breakdown of the payments revealed that the first six batches were for 231 MDAs enrolled under the IPPIS, while there was another batch comprising 36 Non-IPPIS MDAs.
He said that another set of 68 MDAs, comprising a batch of 54 IPPIS MDAs even as another batch of 12 Non-IPPIS MDAs respectively were verified and their monies are being processed for payment.
The total sum of N8,249,083,829.50 has been released for the settlement of these verified MDAs.
Meanwhile, the Accountant General has said that some MDAs that are yet to submit their claims are still submitting to the committee on Promotion Arrears verification for scrutiny.
He asked staff with complaints to refer to their various MDAs, even as he assured that all MDAs with genuine claims will be fully paid.[myad]
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