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Workers and pensioners welfare

Payments and support for workers, pensioners, elders and traders as at August 2026: gratuities to retired civil servants and teachers, wage support and a grant to civil servants, 13th month salary, monthly payments to elders, support for widows of fallen Legionnaires, and interest free loans for traders.

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Workers and pensionersAkwa Ibom, statewide

Key figures

Over N90 billionPension and gratuities backlog paid to retired civil servants and teachers

N2.6 billionWage support to civil servants (September to November 2023) and grant (July 2024)

Paid at Christmas 2023 and 202413th month basic salary to civil servants

N80,000Minimum wage

N1.2 billionWardrobe allowance to teachers

3,000, plus 2,000 health workersWorkers recruited

N50,000 each to 600 eldersMonthly payment under the ARISE Elderly Care initiative

N350 millionDonation to widows of fallen Legionnaires

N2 billionInterest free loans for traders in the 3 senatorial districts

N800 millionLoans to traders from other communities living in the state

N111 billionGratuity backlog inherited

N35 billion by October 2024, N80 billion by February 2026, N97.03 billion by September 2026Gratuities paid

Retired state civil servants, retired primary school teachers and retired local government workersWho gets gratuities

N3.91 billion approved, paid in three tranches in September, October and November 20262026 leave grants

N80,000 announced in October 2024; payment after staff verificationMinimum wage

Started in December 2023; announced again for December 202413th month salary

N50,000 a month to elders from all 31 LGAs under the ARISE Initiative for the Elderly; over 6,000 had benefited by August 2025, with 1,200 more approvedElderly stipend

N1.5 billion interest-free loan for traders launched March 2024, N500 million per senatorial district, through Ibom Fadama Microfinance BankTraders loan

N2 billion traders loan converted to grantsTraders loan turned grant

N100 million to widows of fallen armed forces personnel and N25 million to the Nigerian Legion, January 2024Armed Forces widows and Legion

About the programme

The Workers and Pensioners Welfare programme covers the payments and support the Akwa Ibom State Government gives to civil servants, retirees, elders and traders under Governor Umo Eno. It includes gratuities, pensions, leave grants, a 13th month salary, a new minimum wage, monthly stipends for elders and support for traders.

The administration inherited a gratuity backlog of N111 billion. Payments have been released in regular tranches to retired state civil servants, retired primary school teachers and retired local government workers. About N35 billion had been paid by October 2024, N80 billion by February 2026 and N97.03 billion by September 2026. In 2026 the Governor also approved N3.91 billion for leave grants, paid in three tranches from September to November.

Civil servants have received a 13th month salary each December since 2023. In October 2024 the state announced a new minimum wage of N80,000, to be paid after a staff verification exercise.

Under the ARISE Initiative for the Elderly, elderly citizens drawn from all 31 LGAs receive N50,000 each month. Over 6,000 elders had benefited by August 2025, and 1,200 more were approved. In March 2024 the Governor launched a N1.5 billion interest-free loan for traders, N500 million for each senatorial district, through Ibom Fadama Microfinance Bank. A N2 billion traders loan was later turned into grants. In January 2024 he gave N100 million to widows of fallen armed forces personnel and N25 million to the Nigerian Legion.

These payments are meant to ease hardship for workers and retirees, put money into local markets and keep the civil service motivated. They form part of the welfare promise of the ARISE Agenda.

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Governor Umo Eno

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