Lagos to pay N85K as minimum wage to civil servants

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the government would pay N85,000 as minimum wage for workers in the state.

The governor stated this in a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today.

Sanwo-Olu also expressed the hope that his administration would increase the minimum wage to N100,000 in January 2025.

He said: “I’m glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos, which we have discussed with our union, is N85,000 today.

“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.

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“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.

“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 be able to know that the government is working for them.”

The Ondo and Ekiti State governments during the week announced the payment of N73,000 and N70,000 as minimum wage for workers in the states.

President Bola Tinubu July 29 signed the minimum wage bill into law to end months of negotiations between the government and labour unions on the minimum wage for workers in the country.

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