AGF Ahmed Idris FAAC
AGF Ahmed Idris FAAC
FG Saves N37bn from MDAs, assures Promotion
arrears Payment
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris has
reassured civil servants in the Country of the commitment of Office
of the Accountant –General of the Federation, in line with Mr.
President’s directives, to the continued payment of promotion
arrears owed Federal civil servants.
Mr. Idris gave this assurance recently in Abuja when he played
host to the National Executive of the Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria who were on a courtesy visit.
The Nation’s Treasurer, revealed that following Mr. President’s
directive that N10 billion be set aside monthly, commencing from
May 2017 to offset backlog of Promotion Arrears, that the OAGF
inaugurated an in-house committee to verify MDAs’ claims and
submissions.
According to him “the Committee has saved over N37 billion from
misapplications, paddings, mistakes and non-compliance by MDAs to
the agreed template. So far, the committee has paid out the sum of
N42 billion, out of the N55 billion released leaving an outstanding
of N13 billion in cash while a total of N35 billion is yet to be
released to the office”.
Furthermore, the AGF promised that he will bring the concerns of
the Association to the notice of the Minister of Finance and will
also dialogue with the Director General Budget Office, to ensure
that Government continues to keep its part of the agreement reached
with Association in order to ensure industrial harmony.
He commended the leadership of the Association of Senior Civil
Servants for their understanding and support in the implementation
of government plans and programmes, saying without industrial
harmony no meaningful development can be achieved.
The AGF equally commended the Office of the Accountant-General
of the Federation’s arm of the Association for their understanding
and support assuring them of his continued commitment to improving
the welfare of the Staff through the implementation of people
oriented programme.
Earlier, the National President of the Association of Senior
Civil Servants of Nigeria,( ASCSN), represented by the National
Vice President, Comrade Bola Audu Innocent, extolled the leadership
qualities of Mr. Ahmed Idris, saying he had displayed
professionalism in managing the Nation’s Treasury.
“ We as a Union, that Unionizes Senior Staff in public service
is proud of your achievements and contribution to nation building
at this level” Comrade Bola Audu emphasized.
He however informed the AGF that their visit was necessitated by
recent developments from the payment of outstanding promotion,
salaries, and other arrears owed civil servants in the public
service, where the association understood that concerns raised by
DG Budget Office is leading to delay in the continued payment of
the arrears.
Comrade Bola Audu explained that failure of the Government to
continue to honour the agreement signed in May 2017, may lead to
industrial unrest.
Oise D. Johnson
Head of Press and Publicity OAGF.