The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) has blamed salary shortfalls for the delay in paying February 2026 salaries to staff of the Federal Ministry of Steel Development and four other agencies of government.
According to the OAGF, the minor snag was due to shortage recorded in the personnel cost allocations of the affected Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
This latest clarification comes on the heels of concerns raised by civil servants regarding the non-payment of February 2026 salaries in some government 0organisations.
A statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, OAGF, Bawa Mokwa listed the affected Ministry and Agencies as Federal Ministry of Steel Development, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), National Rural Electrification Agency (NREA), Kamuku National Park (KNP), and the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria.
The statement further explained that the OAGF has communicated the affected MDAs to liaise with the Cash Management Office of the Federal Ministry of Finance to resolve the issue of the salary shortfalls.
Besides confirming that salaries for other federal workers had already been paid, the OAGF also addressed concerns relating to civil servants whose salary accounts are domiciled with Standard Chartered Bank.
It stated that the affected staff were unable to access their salaries due to Standard Chartered Bank policy requiring a minimum opening balance of seven million naira (₦7 million).
While maintaining that salaries of the affected workers had been paid to the bank, the statement assured all affected workers that efforts are ongoing to promptly resolve the issues at stake.
