Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a surprise move, has announced salary increment for civil servants in the state.
Apart from this, the governor also disclosed that a phased
system of distribution of official vehicles to persons on the director level
beginning from the end of October, even as he said that 100 directors will
benefit at every phase.
The governor, who made the announcement Tuesday during his
working visit to the state secretariat, Alausa, to meet with the workers,
assured them the state will endeavour to meet all commitments to the civil
servants.
Sanwo-Olu, who was a former commissioner in the state, said:
“You were always the first, you would remember that at that time we were the
first to start paying the minimum wage of N18,000, way back in 2010. You would
remember during my time; we started the Pension Commission. It was the first in
the whole country. Even at that time, we started the first Enhanced Training.
“I’m one of you; I’m part of it and I know what the issues
are. It is really a homecoming for me. Let me put it on record that the support
I have received from all of you is unprecedented.
“The citizens know too well what you are doing for them. You
serve almost 25 million Lagosians. I want to thank you on behalf of all of
them. Of course, there are areas we can do better. I want to thank almost
100,000 of you that are carrying on to make the service the best in the
country. I can see that the future is so brighter for us.
“It is only when the public service is energized, the entire
Lagosians feel the benefits. You are the one that baked the cake. For me, the
achievements are there for everyone to see. The administration traversed the
entire aspects of life. There is no single policy that we have not used to
touch lives.
“I know there is inflation in the country, the cost of
living is high. Last month, I instructed that we start work on how to increase
the salary of the entire workforce. I want to assure you that we will do that.
We won’t wait for federal government; we don’t want the union to come and hold
us to ransom. We will work it out as soon as possible.”
As part of having an enabling environment for the workforce,
Sanwo-Olu said by next year, there would be a major investment in campus
infrastructure, adding that there would be an increase in the number of staff
buses for workers from the current 35.
Speaking on the challenges, the governor stated that: “In
January 2020, just less than seven months of the administration, COVID-19
struck and changed everything about us, the way we worked, how we worked, where
we worked and it ensured that we changed a lot of things.
“It created a big burden for us because Lagos carried more
than 50 per cent of the country’s total burden, but guess what, we came out
from it better, stronger and happier. Our health workers did exceptionally
well.”
Earlier in his opening remarks, the state Head of Service,
Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said: “Mr. Governor, this is your second working visit
into Alausa Secretariat since your assumption of office. The first one
gladdened every member of staff. As a grateful public service, we appreciate
your dedication to our welfare, you have made it very paramount in your
agenda.”
He acknowledged that the governor had made good 80 per cent
of his promises, saying the remaining 20 per cent were at various stages of
completion.
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