Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced salary increment for workers in the state.
The governor made the announcement on Tuesday during his working visit to the state secretariat in Alausa , Ikeja
“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. At our cabinet meeting, I instructed the head of service office and the ministry of staff, training, and pensions to start work on how we are going to increase the entire salary of our public servants,” the governor said.
Apart from the salary increment, the governor also revealed that the first phase of the distribution of official cras to stat directors will begin by he end of October with 100 vehicles.
He also promised to pay all the outstanding backlog of pensions to workers by the end of October.
Pensions
On the backlog of pensions, Sanwo-Olu 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.”
Recall that the Federal Government had earlier said there were plans to increase the N30,000 minimum wage in the light of inflation raving the world.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who revealed this at the Nigeria Labour Congress public presentation titled, “Contemporary history of working-class struggle” in Abuja, said the adjustment had become important to reflect what was happening globally.
