HAZARD ALLOWANCE INCREASES FOR NAFDAC, NCDC, AND OTHER PERSONNEL

Tunji Wusu –

The country’s non-hospital based health practitioners now have a higher hazard allowance thanks to approval from the federal government.

The National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ekpo Nta, signed a circular announcing this on July 26, 2023.

“Review of hazard allowance for non-hospital based agencies on the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure and the Consolidated Health Salary Structure” was the title of the circular.

The following section of the circular stated in part: “Further to our circular No. SWC/S/04/S.218/II/405 dated December 22, 2021, the Federal Government has approved the upward review of hazard allowance applicable to non-hospital based health professionals in the federal public service.”

According to the letter, the hazard allowance for healthcare workers on the Consolidated Health Salary Structure for grades one through five was increased from N5,000 to N10,000.

Additionally, from grade levels six through fifteen, health professionals on CONHESS will now receive N18,000 instead of N10,000.

Similar to this, the allowance on the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure for health personnel in grades one through ten was increased from N10,000 to N18,000.

According to the commission, the authorization became effective on June 1, 2023.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, the National Health Insurance Authority, the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency are just a few of the non-hospital-based organizations.