Nigeria: No approval for 40% peculiar allowance for Nigerian workers, FG clarifies — Africa Links 24

The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HCSF, has clarified reports regarding the approval of a 40 per cent peculiar allowance for federal civil servants.

In a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Eno Olotu, the office said it neither approved nor conveyed the approval of the allowance to the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, or any labour union.

Mrs Olotu stated that the statutory responsibility for issuing and…