Nigeria, April 25 -- The federal government has approved an increase in Duty Tour Allowance (DTA), estacode, and book allowances for its workers.

It also approved a 100 per cent DTA increase for federal workers attending approved training programmes, regardless of location, and introduced a new exit benefit scheme for retiring civil servants under the Contributory Pension Scheme.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, announced the decisions at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.

Mrs Walson-Jack said the new scheme provides that retiring civil servants will receive 100 per cent of their total annual emoluments as an exit package, in addition to their pension.

She explained that the revised allowances will ...