Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that the minimum wage for civil servants in the state has been set at N85,000. The governor made this announcement during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday.
“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 said.
Speaking as the guest on Politics Today, the governor explained that Lagos is paying N85,000 because it has the capacity to do so. He emphasized that it’s not a competition with other states, but rather a function of affordability and capacity.
“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,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu acknowledged that Lagos has a higher cost of living, and the state is aware of this.
“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,” he added.
The governor also mentioned that salaries were increased earlier in the year. He expressed his ambition to raise the minimum wage to N100,000 by January.
“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.
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