FAQs

  • 01. What is Consolidation?

    Consolidation is the aggregation of basic salary and allowances as a single pay

  • 02. What is the difference between Salaries and Wages

    Salary is a fixed and regular pay for services rendered e.g. permanent and pensionable workers. While wage is not fixed e.g. casual workers or labourers.

  • 03. What is non-wage income?

    Non-wage income is return on your investment e.g. rent on property, dividend etc.

  • 04. When does Government increase salary?

    Whenever Government deems it necessary to increase or through collective bargaining between Government and Union.

  • 05. Why are Federal and State/Local government workers not earning the same salary throughout the country?

    The Federal and State/Local governments are different employers of labour and in line with the 1999 constitution, no one can dictate to the other.

  • 06. What is the essence of job grading?

    It is to enable the Commission place people on the right cadre

  • 07. What is Productivity?

    Productivity is the relationship between the output generated by a production or service system and the input provided to create the output. Productivity is the will to improve on the present situation no matter how good it may look.

  • 08. Why is Productivity measured in the Public Service?

    Productivity measurement in the Public Service is a function of the results and time taken to accomplish them. It is basically the organisation’s final output compared with its input and the impact made by the organisation’s programme.

  • 09. What type of Government Agencies are exempted from compliance with your circulars on Pension Salaries and Review?

    All the Circular issued by the Commission on salary and pensions review are of service-wide application in the Federal Public Service. However, the extent/sector of application in the Federal Public service of each circular on salary or pension review is usually clearly stated in the circular as the case may be.

  • 10. Can an organization not exempted from your circulars decide the particular circulars to comply or not comply with? That is, can such organization opt to comply with your circulars on salary reviews but decide not to comply with those of pension review and vice-versa?

    All circulars issued by the Commission are of service-wide application in the Federal Public Service and must be complied with by affected agencies/organizations as indicated in the circular, whether they are on salary or pension review.

  • 11. Are there punitive measures or deterrents for organization who flout or try flout your circulars? If yes, which agency is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring compliance with your circulars?

    Agencies which flout the provision(s) in the circulars issued by the Commission are sanctioned in line with the provisions of the law setting up the Commission and in line with directives issued by Government from time to time as the case may be.

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