Operators in the healthcare sector at the federal level will now receive enhanced remuneration following the approval by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the review of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for Health Professionals.
The new salary structure took effect from the 1st of June, 2023.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta, conveyed this in a circular dated 26th July 2023.
The approval was consequent upon the review of the Health Sector Salary Structures by the Commission.
Nta also announced that President Tinubu had approved a 25 per cent adjustment of the peculiar allowance for Medical and Dental Doctors in hospitals, medical centres, and clinics in the Federal Public Service.
In a separate circular, NTA said: “The Federal Government has approved the payment of an Accoutrement Allowance of twenty-five thousand Naira (N25,000:00) per quarter to Medical and Dental Doctors in hospitals, medical centres, and clinics in the Federal Public Service”.
While disclosing that the approval took effect from 1st June 2023, he explained that the allowance was to be paid from the overhead budget.
With the upward review of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure for Health Professionals in the Federal Public Service, a health worker on Grade Level 15 would earn N6,315,091.
The circular read: “The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved the review of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) for Health Professionals in the Federal Public Service with effect from 1st June 2023.
The new salary table is attached as Annex I.
“All enquiries concerning this circular should be directed to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission.”
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