The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has informed all federal workers of ongoing salary deductions following salary overpayments in December 2024 due to system error.

In a Friday statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Bawa Mokwa, the OAGF explained that over payments are currently being recovered through deductions from affected workers’ salaries.

The OAGF said there were no shortfalls in salaries paid to federal workers in January and February 2025, adding that the amounts received during this period reflected normal salaries after the exhaustion of various arrears paid in the last quarter of 2024.

Workers had received arrears for the minimum wage, the 25 per cent and 35 per cent salary increase, and wage awards between October and December 2024, the statement noted.

These additional payments had temporarily inflated salaries, leading some workers to mistakenly believe their January and February salaries had been reduced.