The Administrative center of the Accountant Normal of the Federation has showed that some federal employees skilled wage overpayments in December 2024 because of a device error.
The overpayments are lately being recovered via deductions from affected employees’ salaries.
In a observation excepted on Friday, and signed via the Director of Press and Family Members of the family, Bawa Mokwa, the OAGF clarified that there have been negative shortfalls in salaries paid to federal employees in January and February 2025.
It defined that the quantities gained all over this era mirrored customary salaries upcoming the exhaustion of numerous arrears paid within the utmost quarter of 2024.
The observation famous that employees had gained arrears for the minimal salary, the 25 consistent with cent and 35 consistent with cent wage build up, and salary awards between October and December 2024.
Those supplementary bills had quickly inflated salaries, chief some employees to mistakenly imagine their January and February salaries were diminished.
“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 observation learn.
Barring any day wage changes, the OAGF maintained that the salaries paid in January and February 2025 would stay unchanged till a evaluate via the Federal Executive.
At the December 2024 overpayments, the OAGF showed that the device error liable for the profusion bills were corrected, and deductions have been ongoing to get better the price range.
“There were cases of overpayments in December 2024 due to system error, adding that the error has been corrected and deductions in respect of the overpayments from the salaries of affected workers were ongoing and shall continue until such overpayments were fully recovered,” it mentioned.
In regards to the cost of promotion arrears, the OAGF defined that the method is controlled via a Status Committee on Promotion and Wage Arrears within the Finances Administrative center of the Federation, which compiles and vets wage and promotion arrears from Ministries, Sections, and Businesses prior to forwarding them to the Built-in Payroll and Staff Data Gadget for cost.
In step with the OAGF, batches 1 to six of the promotion arrears bills were absolutely processed, with additional bills expecting esteem from the Finances Administrative center.
Reaffirming its loyalty to environment friendly payroll control, the OAGF prompt employees with authentic wage proceedings to apply the formal answer channels.
It inspired affected workforce to record their issues promptly for answer.