By Munachimso Obienyi
The Federal Government, yesterday, expressed concern over its rising personnel budget which, in 2023 stands at N4.99 trillion, stressing that going forward, government would ensure the monies would go to the right persons.
Expressing the government’s reservation in Abuja, the Chairman of National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), Ekpo Nta, stated that there are lots of infractions in the public service to the extent that some of the workers do not deserve the wages they earn.
“When I joined the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC), we noticed a lot of infractions that have to do with public officers who decided to pay their own salaries ahead of time.”
“In the course of serving on the board of National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC), I met Comrade Isa Aremu on the same board and we used to discuss on how we can bring all these problems of compensation to an end.”
“So, this battle has been on between the two of us and we decided to see an end to the recurring compensation crises in this country”.
“Many industrial unrests across all sectors could have been avoided if we had had policy sessions like this.
