THE Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that his Government plans to pay workers a minimum wage of N85,000.
According to media reports, Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Wednesday evening during an interview on Channels TV themed “One-On-One with Babajide Sanwo-Olu.”
Sanwo-Olu said the State is not paying N85,000 to outdo others but because it can do so.
“I am glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos, which we conversed and discussed with our union is N85,000 now.
“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,” Sanwo-Olu said on the programme.
The Governor also revealed that the State had earlier in the year increased the salary of workers, adding that it is his wish to be able to make the minimum wage of N100,000 in January 2025.
“We actually increased salaries earlier in the year and deserving so for our staff and we will continue to do that.
“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,” he said.
He noted that his Government would ensure that it tightened areas where serious expenses were not needed, so that “we’ll be able to give them (the workers) commensurate things that will take them home, not drop them at the bus stop.”
