The Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, on Wednesday said about N13.2 billion had been provided by the Federal Government for the payment of the backlog of promotion arrears to the civil servants.
Alhaji Idris, made the disclosure while speaking in Abuja at a two-day workshop for finance journalists on the TSA and other public financial management reforms.
On the payment of a backlog of promotion arrears to civil servants, the AGF said the Federal Government had commenced the process of making payments to those affected.
He said unlike in the past where funds were released to the various MDAs for onward disbursement to beneficiaries, a new approach had been adopted to check the rate of abuse of the process.
He said the accounts of those that were promoted and owed arrears would be credited directly after the necessary verification.
