Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says salaries of civil servants in the state will be increased to combat rising inflation.
Sanwo-Olu made this known on Tuesday while addressing the workers at the state secretariat, 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.
“We are capable of doing this. Lagos leads while others follow in Nigeria. In salary increment, we are leading again.
“We are going to reflect the popular ‘Buga’ slogan in the payment of salaries. We are not going to wait for the Federal Government’s minimum wage increase.
“We have commenced the process. I can assure that by early next year it will be ready for implementation.
“We don’t want to wait for workers’ unions to hold us to ransom before we do the needful.”
Apart from the salary increment, the governor also disclosed that the first phase of the distribution of official cars to state directors will begin by the end of October with 100 vehicles.
The governor also promised to pay all the outstanding backlog of pensions to workers by the end of October.
