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 PRESS STATEMENT  President Buhari Approves Postponement of 2023 Census President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for 3-7 May 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration.  The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (28 April 2023). In arriving at the decision to postpone the Census, the meeting reiterated the critical need for the conduct of a Population and Housing Census, 17 years after the last Census, to collect up-to-date data that will drive the developmental goals of the country and improve the living standard of the Nigerian people. The President noted that with the completion of the Enumeration Area Demarcation  of the country, conduct of first and second pretests, the recruitment and training of adh...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has revealed that the Federal Government has approved a pay raise for civil servants in the country. Ngige made this known on Wednesday night when he featured on  Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The minister said the salary increment became important in view of the current economic reality of the country, however adding that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to approve the percentage used for the increment. This is as he noted that the pay rise was already included in the 2023 budget and would take effect from January 1, 2023. “The Federal Government is looking at giving people in the public service a pay raise to take care of the increased cost of living. “In the Presidential Committee on Salaries, we have done something for the civil servants for those who are on Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure and some corporations, MDAs that are on that CONPSS. CONPSS is the salary scale for civil servants. ...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the Federal Government has approved a pay raise for civil servants in the country. Ngige, who was a guest on Channels Television’s programme, said the pay raise is a peculiar allowance for civil servants in view of the current economic reality. He explained that the money will help the government workers navigate through inflation, rising cost of living, hike in transportation fair, housing and electricity tariffs. “The Federal Government is looking at giving people in the public service a pay raise to take care of the increased cost of living,”  he said. “In the Presidential Committee on Salaries, we have done something for the civil servants for those who are on Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure and some corporations, MDAs that are on that CONPSS. CONPSS is the salary scale for civil servants” “We put a percentage for the President to approve, we have approved it at our own committee level. We said it sho...