Sanwo-Olu Promises To Pay Above N30,000 Minimum Wage If Elected

Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, the  Governorship Candidate of All Progressive Congres. (APC) in Lagos State while addressing  a huge crowd of civil servants at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Government Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos promised state workers that if elected he will pay above the N30,000 National Minimum wage. He said:

”As part of the motivation, we will take the minimum wage above the level presented at the National Assembly. And the payment will not exceed the 23rd of every month. This is part of the welfare package we have for civil servants in Lagos.

“We will also ensure a car package for senior staff that have attained directors’ status in the public service. We cannot allow workers that are required to stay back and work to start looking for bus to convey them home at night.
“On the staff bus, I discovered that civil servants now pay to repair the vehicle. When elected, our administration will replace the rickety vehicles for the staff. All these, we believe would motivate the staff to deliver in every task they have been mandated to do,” he added.

Sanwo-Olu further said his administration, if elected, would restore local and international training benefit to the State public service.

Sanwo-Olu disclosed that his administration, when elected, would establish a platform for retired civil servants to act as volunteer workers, saying, “we always have some civil servants that are still active but due to the public service barrier on age, they leave service.”

The APC candidate assured that his government would complete all existing projects, especially the Lagos-Badagry Expressway which served as a major entry route for foreigners from Western African countries visiting the country.