Deductions of salaries for some federal workers are ongoing, according to a statement from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, signed by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Bawa Mokwa, a report from Sahara Reporters says.
It is explained in the statement that workers during the Christmas season in 2024 were overpaid and that the payment (which many had thought was a festive package from the Tinubu-led government) was due to a system error.
Hence, the deductions are in order to recover the “excess payments” made in December 2024 and will continue until the money is fully recovered.
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“There were cases of overpayments in December 2024 due to a system error. The error has been corrected, and deductions in respect of the overpayments from the salaries of affected workers are ongoing and shall continue until such overpayments are fully recovered,” the statement read.
This news has sparked reactions across the nation, with Nigerian workers already plagued by the current economic realities.
Meanwhile, federal workers will continue to receive their actual salaries as was implemented in the last quarter of 2024 from the new minimum wage. That January and February salaries were paid in this order.
“Payment of normal salaries after exhausting the various arrears began in January 2025, which made some workers think that they were shortchanged when, in actual sense, it was their real salaries. A glance at the current salary table will substantiate this further,” the statement read.
