The Lagos state government has announced an increase in the salary of workers in the state public service.
The Governor of the state Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Tuesday when he met with civil servants during his working visit to the State Secretariat, Alausa.
He, however, did not discuss the percentage of the increase but he assured the workers that the ground plan was being worked out.
In his words, “You have not asked for this one. 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.
“I know that as a country there is a high cost of living. Last month, at a cabinet meeting, I instructed the Head of Service Office and the Ministry of Establishment, Training, and Pension to start work on how we would increase the entire salary of the public service.
”I don’t want us to be a Lagos of ‘Buga,’ we want to reflect it in our salary. I am aware of the pressure on all of you and the pressure of inflation in the country, we are not going to wait for the Federal government. This is Lagos. We are Lagos.
”We are going to review it. We’re going to ensure that we can indeed take care of our public service. Once we do that, not only will we expect a lot more from you, but the citizens will see the benefit of doing the right thing.
”We don’t want to wait for a union to hold us to ransom, we want a government that is proactive, that will need to reflect on the yearnings of the people and make that happen.”
On the other hand, the federal government of Nigeria had earlier stated that there were plans to increase the N30,000 minimum wage in light of inflation and a hike in the price of food and commodities currently ravaging the country.