Federal Government workers to start receiving January salary – AGF

The Accountant General of the Federation has stated that federal workers will begin receiving their January salary on Thursday evening (today). The delay is due to an issue with the Government Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS) platform.

There are growing complaints over the delay in paying federal workers’ January salary payments. The delay was blamed on the Office of Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) failing to complete the 2024 appropriation on the GIFMIS platform.

A January 31 memo titled, “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 referenced NMC/BUR/GC/Vol.1, and was signed by the acting Bursar, Pius Ukwah, who 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.”

Responding to Daily Trust’s inquiries about the delay, Bawa Mokwa, Director Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant General, claimed the problem had been resolved and payment will begin today.

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