On Friday, medical doctors in Abia state suspended their six months old industrial action to enable the present administration offset the backlog of unpaid salaries. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Chairman, Abia Chapter, Dr Isaiah Abali, announced the suspension at a news briefing in Umuahia. In a communique jointly signed by Abali and Secretary, Daniel Ekeleme, the doctors said they …

Only the 144,766 federal civil servants under the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) will benefit from the new 40 per cent peculiar allowance introduced by the Federal Government. This implies that other workers in the employment of the Federal Government but operating under different salary structures will not benefit. For instance, university workers, who are under the Consolidated University …