Sanwo-Olu Raises Civil Servants Salaries By 20%

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 20 percent salary increase for civil servants in the state.

Gbenga Akosile, spokesperson to Sanwo-Olu, said in a tweet, that the governor approved the remuneration increment on Monday.

Akosile the salary review would affect workers in “mainstream public service, local government areas & local council dev. areas as well as SUBEB” and the execution would be backdated to January 1, 2023.

“Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today, approves a 20 percent increase in the salaries of civil servants in the mainstream public service, Local Government Areas & Local Council Dev Areas as well as SUBEB,” the tweet reads.

“The new salary structure takes effect from January 1, 2023.”

The salary increment comes a few hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Lagos gubernatorial election held on March 18.