Federal Workers To Start Receiving Salaries Today As AGF Gives Reason For Delay

 Federal workers will today, Thursday, February 1, start receiving their January salaries, the Federal Government has said.

The Accountant General of the Federation attributed the delay to a glitch from the Government Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS) platform.

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The aggravated concerns over delay in the payment of January salaries of federal workers was earlier blamed on the non-conclusion of the 2024 appropriation on the GIFMIS platform by the Office of Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF).

A January 31 memo reads:

 “Delay in the payment of January 2024 Salary”, from the bursary department of the National Mathematics Centre, Abuja, to all its staff informed them of the development.

The memo which referenced NMC/BUR/GC/Vol.1, was signed by the acting Bursar, Pius Ukwah.

The acting Bursar said:

 “We wish to inform you that January 2024 salaries will be delayed beyond normal”.

“As of today, the OAGF is still working on finalising the 2024 appropriation on the GIFMIS platform and as a result, the personnel warrant for January is yet to be released”.

The memo which copied the Director/CE, the Registrar and pasted on all notice boards stated further:

“The same situation applies to all MDAs and not just the centre. We regret the inconvenience caused by this delay.”

The Director Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant General, Bawa Mokwa told Daily Trust that the issue had been sorted out and payment would commence today.

“We have sorted out the issue and workers will start receiving their payment from this Thursday evening,” he said.