By Olawale Abdul-Fatah
Ahead of the gubernatorial election in
Lagos, All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has
assured the workers that if elected, his administration will pay above
the 30,000 minimum wage benchmark and policies to improve their welfare
would be introduced.
Sanwo-Olu added that the benefits that
existed before but were denied during the present administration would
be reinstated by his administration when elected on 9th of March, 2019.
The
APC governorship candidate gave the assurance on Thursday while
addressing civil servants with his deputy, Dr, Obafemi Hamzat, a meeting
which was expected to be conveyed by the State Governor, Akinwunmi
Ambode, but was absent, in Ikeja.
He noted that his
administration would consider the civil servants welfare because they
will drive his vision for the state which is targeted at building an
enviable smart city.
While assuring the civil servants that his
administration would operate an all inclusive government, he stated that
workers would be engaged, trained and motivated to work effectively for
Lagos development.
“As part of the motivation, we will take the
minimum wage above the level presented at the National Assembly. And the
payment will not exceed the 23rd of every month. This is part of the
welfare package we have for civil servants in Lagos.
“We will
also ensure a car package for senior staffs that have attained
directors’ status in the public service. We cannot allow workers that
are required to stay back and work to start looking for bus to convey
them home at night.
“On the staff bus, I discovered that civil
servants now pay to repair the vehicle. When elected, our administration
will replace the rickety vehicles for the staff. All these, we believe
would motivate the staff to deliver in every task they have been
mandated to do,” he added.
While responding to complaint from
workers, Sanwo-Olu assured that his administration, if elected, would
restore local and international training benefit to the State public
service.
He added: “We cannot give you tool alone without
training because they accompany each other. It is when we have done that
the government can have an effective public service that drives the
policies.
“This we believe will make the workers have the
required skill to perform the task of taking Lagos to greater height.
And it will be considered an important issue by our administration.”
Sanwo-Olu
disclosed that his administration, when elected, would establish a
platform for retired civil servants to act as volunteer workers, saying,
we always have some civil servants that are still active but due to the
public service barrier on age, they leave service.
“Some of
these retired workers have acquired skills over the years. The
retirement has barred them from further rendering their service to the
state but they are active. So, we cannot allow them take that skill
away. This is why we have concluded that when we are elected, such plan
would be implemented in the state.”
Aside the welfare for
workers, the APC candidate disclosed that his government would complete
all existing projects especially the Lagos-Badagry Expressway which
serve as a major entry route for foreigners from Western African
countries visiting the country.
Source:- Theguildng
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