By Bukola Ogundele
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that the minimum wage for civil servants in the state has been set at N85,000.
Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday.
According to the Governor,: “I’m glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos, which we have discussed with our union, is N85,000 today.”
Sanwo-Olu while speaking with the pinpointnews on Politics, said the state is paying N85,000 because it has the capacity to do so.
“It is not a competition. So I am not going to say we are paying more than some other people. It is a function of affordability and it is a function of capacity.
“But we know too well that when people live in Lagos, Lagos has a premium in terms of even the cost of living; we are fully aware.
“We actually increased salaries earlier in the year.
“I would like to come back to you in January to say I have been able to increase the minimum wage of Lagos to N100,000.
“Not because I want to make anybody look bad. It is really because I want my people to have a living wage
“I want them to really be able to know that government is working for them,” Sanwo-Olu said.