{"id":58860,"date":"2025-01-03T03:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T03:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58860"},"modified":"2025-01-03T03:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T03:13:34","slug":"fg-approves-bailout-for-crffn-salary-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/03\/fg-approves-bailout-for-crffn-salary-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Approves Bailout for CRFFN Salary Arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government (FG), has approved a bailout to settle five months of salary arrears for staff of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), covering August to December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>CRFFN\u2019s Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, Comrade Kingsley Igwe, announced the development in his New Year message to maritime stakeholders and staff.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to staff welfare while pledging improved productivity and accountability within the council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Honourable Minister has approved another bailout fund to clear five months\u2019 salary arrears, and arrangements for disbursement are underway,\u201d Igwe said, emphasizing that staff welfare remains a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>The CRFFN, a critical regulatory body in Nigeria\u2019s maritime and logistics sector, has struggled with financial constraints, leading to salary delays and declining morale.<\/p>\n<p>The bailout aims to stabilize operations and restore confidence among employees.<\/p>\n<p>Igwe called on staff to show greater dedication, assuring them that timely salary payments would become standard practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us embrace responsibility and work together to achieve remarkable milestones,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>Maritime stakeholders welcomed the intervention. A senior CRFFN staff member expressed optimism, stating, \u201cThis bailout gives us hope for stability and shows the government\u2019s commitment to addressing our concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CRFFN\u2019s renewed financial support is expected to boost operational efficiency and strengthen Nigeria\u2019s freight forwarding industry as the federal government continues efforts to bolster the maritime sector amid economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The Federal Government (FG), has approved a bailout to settle five months of salary arrears for staff of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), covering August to December 2024. CRFFN\u2019s Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, Comrade Kingsley Igwe, announced the development in his New Year message to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58862,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58860\/revisions\/58862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}