Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that Lagos State is ready to pay more than the N30,000 benchmark for the National Minimum Wage.
Mr Sanwo-Olu, said this during a meeting with Organised Labour Unions at the State House in Alausa on Tuesday. He disclosed that the implementation of the new minimum wage payment would take off when the Federal Government and labour unions conclude their negotiations.

He said the state was drawing up its finances and creating additional revenue sources that would enable it sustain the new minimum wage payment.

The governor said his government understood the day-by-day challenges being faced by workers in the State to do their tasks, which informed the decision by his administration to pay more than the N30,000 minimum wage benchmark.

"As a government, we take the issue of minimum wage very seriously," he said.

"We know how important and germane it is to the wellbeing of our people. We are technically ready to implement the new minimum wage.

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