Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Lagos will pay N85,000 as minimum wage – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced N85,000 as minimum wage for civil servants in the state.
The governor spoke on Wednesday during an interview with Channels Television.
“I’m glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos, which we have discussed with our union, is N85,000 today,” he said.
“It is not a competition. I am not going to say that we are paying more than some people; it is a function of affordability and capacity.
“We know too well that when people live in Lagos, Lagos has a premium in terms of the cost of living. We are fully aware.
“We also increased our salary earlier in the year. I will want to come back in January and say that I have been able to increase the minimum wage of Lagos to N100,000, not because I want to make anybody look bad, but because I want my people to have a living wage.”
President Bola Tinubu in July signed the minimum wage bill, increasing the workers’ pay from N30,000 to N70,000, into law.
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