Tinubu didn’t approve salary increase for govt officials – Presidency

On Thursday, the Presidency stated President Bola Tinubu has not approved a wage rise for public officials.

On Thursday, Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, said, “We state, without any equivocation, that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration.”

The statement read, ‘No presidential sanction for wage rise for political office holders and judicial officers.’

Thursday’s statement follows claims that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission had approved a 114% salary hike for the President, Vice President, elected federal and state political office holders, and judicial officers.

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Alake said, “While we agree that it is within the constitutional remit of the RMAFC to recommend and fix salaries and allowances of political office holders and judicial officers, such cannot come to effect unless it has equally been evaluated and authorised by the President.”

According to the Presidency, RMAFC had debunked the story, which was “contrived to create ill-will for the new administration, slow down the upward momentum and massive goodwill the Tinubu-led administration is currently enjoying among Nigerians as a result of its fast-paced, dynamic and progressive policies.”