N70,000 allowance showdown: Civil servants fire back at TUC.
Insist FG-Labour agreement stands JNPSNC reveals details of agreement, including 6-month transport allowance, others By Victor Ahiuma-Young Civil servants, under the aegis of Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, have defended the N70,000 transportation allowance agreement reached between the federal government and organised labour, insisting that the rejection of the deal by the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, would not affect its implementation.
The position of the council was contained in a circular signed by the National Secretary, Mr Gbenga Olowoyo, and addressed to the national presidents and general secretaries of affiliated unions, and state chairmen and secretaries of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Councils across the federation.
The unions JNPSNC is made up of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN; Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU; Nigeria Union of Public Service, Reportorial, Secretarial, Data Processors and Allied Workers, NUPSTRAW; Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, MHWUN; and National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM.
Others are Nigeria Union of Agriculture and Allied Employees, NUAAE; Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations; Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE; and National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products Workers, NUPPPPROW. On the government side are the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment; Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Federal Ministry of Justice; Federal Civil Service Commission; National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission; Federal Ministry of Finance; Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation; and Budget Office of the Federation. In the circular, Olowoyo explained that the N70,000 transportation allowance would be paid monthly to public servants for six months, beginning from November 2026, to cushion the impact of rising transportation costs on workers and their dependents. He also urged state and local governments to embrace the agreement and complement the federal government’s intervention, particularly in view of the substantial revenue accruing to the sub-national governments.
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