The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that his administration is striving to raise salaries for those employed by the state’s civil service.
On Tuesday, October 4, Sanwo-Olu announced this to the staff at the state secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
He said, “I have looked around and I know that as a country, there is pressure. I know that, as a country, there is a high level of inflation, but we are determined to cushion the effects on our workers and residents.
He added, “We are capable of doing this. Lagos leads while others follow in Nigeria. In salary increment, we are leading again.
“We are going to reflect the popular ‘Buga’ slogan in the payment of salaries. We are not going to wait for the Federal Government’s minimum wage increase.
“We have commenced the process. I can assure you that by early next year it will be ready for implementation.
“We don’t want to wait for workers’ unions to hold us to ransom before we do the needful.”
The governor also committed to paying all backlog pensions owed to employees by the end of October.
He said, “I want to reassure you that all the few outstanding backlogs of pensions will be sorted out this week and payment by the end of October.
“We are the highest and best paying in pensions in Nigeria.
“We are clearing the entire backlog of pensions; it’s a liability we met on ground.”
Daniel
October 5, 2022 at 5:58 am
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