Lagos State govt to pay minimum wage October

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to pay the new minimum wage to all tertiary institutions in the state with effect from October.

This was made known, on Tuesday, in a statement released by the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Tokunbo Wahab.

According to Tokunbo, the Governor had pledged to commence payment of the new minimum wage/consequential adjustments to the tertiary institution workers

The Lagos State Government met with the executive of the unions on Tuesday after protests had been staged by some unions in the tertiary institutions on Monday.

“Following a meeting of relevant stakeholders on the agitations for the implementation of the new minimum wage held on Tuesday 15, 2020, it is hereby notified that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has affirmed the state government’s commitment to paying the new minimum wage/consequential adjustments to all staff of all state-owned tertiary institutions with effect from October, 2020.

“Government therefore expects that normalcy is sustained as we collectively strive to ensure a guaranteed future for our students and the institutions,” the statement read in part.