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.