We’ll Increase Minimum Wage To 100k Next Year- Sanwo-Olu

“Lagos state is peculiar. It’s not that we want to make anyone feel bad, but we have approved N85,000 for now and by January next year, we would increase it to N100,000”

The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to increase the national minimum wage payable to civil servants in the state to N100,000 effective from January 2025.

Sanwo-Olu, who spoke on Channels Television current affairs programme, Politics Today, said the state has approved N85,000 as minimum wage for civil servants in the state.

This is in line with the federal government’s approval of N70,000 as minimum wage in Nigeria.

” Lagos state is peculiar. It’s not that we want to make anyone feel bad, but we have approved N85,000 for now and by January next year, we would increase it to N100,000,” he said.