TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE
SECTION 1 - TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE
SECTION 2 - KILOMETRE ALLOWANCE
SECTION 1 - TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE
Rates
19101- Officers are entitled to transport allowance at the following rates:-
Officers on GL. 01-06 = ₦600.00
Officers on GL. 07-10 = ₦900.00
Officers on GL. 12-14 = ₦1,100.00
Officers on GL. 15 – 16 = ₦1,200.00
SECTION 2 - KILOMETRE ALLOWANCE RULES
Limited to Official running
19201 - Kilometre allowance may only be drawn in respect of distance travelled on official duty within the state.
House to Office journeys included
19202 - Kilometre allowance may not be drawn in respect of journeys between an officer's quarters and his normal place of work except when an officer who is required by his superior officer to return to his place of work outside the normal working hours and when the officer is allocated quarters so far from his normal place of work, his Permanent Secretary/Head of Extra-Ministerial Department being fully satisfied that near quarters are not available that his essential house-to-work journeys exceed 640 kilometres a month. Journeys in excess of 640 kilometres may be treated as having been undertaken on official duties.
Not payable when other transport used
19203 - Kilometre allowance may not be drawn in respect of journeys for which the officer also utilizes other transport at Government expense for the transport of himself, his wife, and servant or baggage save,
- in special cases with the prior approval of the officer's Permanent Secretary/Head of Extra-Ministerial Department;
- when an officer is proceeding on transfer.
Motorcycle rate of allowance
19204 - An officer who owns a motorcycle and uses it on official journeys shall be paid an allowance at the rate of N3.00 per kilometer. This precludes journeys from the officer's residence to his normal place of work.
Motor Vehicle; rate of allowance
19205 - An officer who owns and maintains a motor vehicle and uses it for official journeys undertaken either within or outside his duty station shall be entitled to kilometre allowance at the rate of ₦5.00 per kilometre.
Claims for allowance
19206 - Claims for payment of kilometre allowance are required to be submitted monthly. Payment vouchers for kilometre allowance shall be supported by certificates that no other allowance has been or will be paid in respect of that month. Claims not submitted within two months will be disallowed unless there is valid reason for the delay.