Longe Commission Report (1991) was a salary and wage review commission in Nigeria. The Commission focused on some aspects of the problems of tertiary institutions, such as funding, salaries, conditions of service and curricular. On the issue of salaries, the Commission recommended a general salary increase of 30% to all staff of tertiary institutions within…

Justice Fatai Williams Committee (1990) was a salary and wage review commission in Nigeria. This Commission was set up to look into the request of doctors to opt out of the UGSS because of the decline in their status, prestige and earning power. Consequently, the Committee looked into all matters relating to the remuneration of…

Adamolekun Commission (1981) was a salary and wage review commission in Nigeria. Adamolekun Commission of 1981 focused on Federal Government owned tertiary educational institutions apart from the Universities i.e. Federal Polytechnics, Colleges of Technology, advanced Teachers and Technical Colleges. Salary and wage review in Nigeria The history of Nigeria’s pay structure predates its political independence.…

The Presidential Commission on Parastatals (Onosode Commission) Report (1981) was a salary and wage review commission in Nigeria. This Commission was set up as a result of agitation for higher salaries, more generous allowances and better conditions of service by employees of State owned enterprises, statutory corporations, the Universities and the Central Bank, on the…

A Historical Perspective on Salary and Wage Reviews in Nigeria The history of Nigeria’s pay structure predates its political independence. In the process of evolving an enduring pay structure and incomes policy in the country, many Commissions have been set up. Some of the major salary /wage review commissions were: 1. Hunt Commission (1934) 2.…

Presidential Commission on Salaries and Conditions of Service of University Staff (Cookey Commission) Report (1981) was a salary review commission in Nigeria. This Commission was set up by Government following the agitation of university staff to opt out of the UGSS. After its deliberations, the Commission felt that the organization, structure, mission, and operational methods…

Public Service Review Commission (Udoji Commission Report 1972/74) was a salary review commission in Nigeria. The Udoji Commission of 1974 focused on the larger issue of increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the Public Service in the context of meeting the challenges of a development-oriented society. The Commission recommended, among others, a Unified Grading and Salary…

Adebo Commission (1971) was a salary review commission in Nigeria. It addressed some of the problems facing the public sector, particularly the envisaged shortage of senior civil servants on account of their abysmally low remuneration package. It was observed that the last time senior civil servants had enjoyed wage increases was in 1959, courtesy of…

Morgan Commission (1964) /Elwood Grading Team was a salary review commission in Nigeria. This was the first post-independence Commission in the country whose focus was basically on ‘junior’ workers in both the public and private sectors. The general strike of September 27, 1963 had precipitated the setting up of the Commission. The outcome of its…

Gorsuch Commission (1955) was a salary review commission in Nigeria. The Commission examined the structure and remuneration of the Public Service. It observed some defects in the rigid division of the service into ‘Senior’ and ‘Junior’ and the absence of a viable middle category. It, therefore, recommended five main grades, from the lowest established post…