The N25,000 wage increment President Bola Tinubu announced in his Independence Day broadcast will now be for all cadre of workers in the Federal Civil Service.
Tinubu had in his speech said the increment for low-grade federal workers as intervention to cushion the effect of subsidy removal.
However, at a meeting between the Federal Government and Labour Unions in Aso Rock on Sunday evening, an agreement was reached that all workers should benefit from the increment.
Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila who chaired the meeting, announced this at the end of the dialogue.
After a long but fruitful meeting between Representatives of the Federal Government led by COS to the President RT Hon @femigbaja and the Leadership of Organized Labor led by NLC President Mr Joe Ajaero, they address the media on the outcome pic.twitter.com/KLHs9Rf39h
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