Lagos To begin payment of N35,000 new minimum wage November; Releases Consequential Adjustment Scale



Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has concluded arrangement to pay N35,000 as the new minimum wage for workers beginning from November, 2019.

The decision was arrived at after series of meetings and discussions between the Lagos State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC) and Lagos State Government as witnessed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on the payment of the New Minimum Wage to Lagos State Public Sector Workers on Friday.

Comrade Rasaq Adio Falade, State Chairman, JNC said necessary terms of settlement and agreement were reached after the end of the meeting on Friday.

The National Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (NJPSNC) and the Federal Government’s Negotiations and Consequential Adjustment of Salaries had produced the following figures on Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS): GL. 01-06=N30,000; GL. 07=23.2%; GL. 08=20%; GL. 09=19%; GL. 10-14=16% and GL. 15-17=14%.

However, Falade said in consonance with the pronouncements of Sanwo-Olu, the government agreed to pay N35,000 as minimum wage.

He said government had agreed to pay GL. 01-06=N35,000.09;. GL. 07=30%; GL. 08-10=25%; GL. 12-14=22.5% and GL. 15-17=20%.

Falade added that payment of allowances peculiar to certain professions/sectors such as health workers, medical personnel, teachers, and so on, embedded in their respective Consolidated Salary Structures (e.g. CONHESS, CONMESS, CONTISS, etc) shall be paid for those stated items (e.g. Hazard, Call, Shift, etc) at such rates as provided in the various salaries of government approved in 2011.

He disclosed that the payment of the New Minimum Wage at the consequential adjustment rates shall commence in Lagos State in the November, 2019 salary cycle.

“The New Minimum Wage Act came into effect on the 18th April, 2019 as such, it was agreed that payment of the six and half months arrears shall be be made and concluded by the first quarter of year 2020,” he said.

Below is the breakdown:

LAGOS STATE SALARIES CONSEQUENTIAL ADJUSTMENT/INCREASE
a. GL. 01-06=N35,000.09
b. GL. 07=30%
c. GL. 08-10=25%
d. GL. 12-14=22.5%
e. GL. 15-17=20%

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SALARIES CONSEQUENTIAL ADJUSTMENT/INCREASE

a. GL. 01-06=N30,000
b. GL. 07=23.2%
c. GL. 08=20%
d. GL. 09=19%
e. GL. 10-14=16%
f. GL. 15-17=14%

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/11/15/breaking-sanwo-olu-begins-payment-of-n35000-new-minimum-wage-november/amp/

A very good one from Babajide Sanwo-olu. Other governors should follow suit ASAP.

Lagos can do better

babyfaceafrica:
Lagos can do better

Half a loaf is better than no bread. We will get there one day but let start from somewhere.
Atleast Lagos govt offer is better than Kogi or Akwa Ibom

Audio Promise... Let the workers testify on their own. There is no need making noise about what you intend to do. Go ahead and do it and let the people openly testify.

With the money Lagos state generates, one would think Sanwo Olu would pay the arrears December .

Oh I forgot Lagos state belongs to Tinubu .

Wow....good news....Hop they implement it this month...not the usual promise and fail

Read d headies of d news and stop d act of ignorance

Great

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Congratulations to the workers.. Up Sanwo e...

Lagos another country on its own ,oya lie that other states don’t envy Lagos that’s why they can’t keep tinubu off their mouth

hello pls can anyone who works in Lagos as a worker list out all d allowance for ministries of education

NaijaRoyalty:
With the money Lagos state generates, one would think Sanwo Olu would pay the arrears December .

Oh I forgot Lagos state belongs to Tinubu .

I thought Igbos own 80% of Lagos
That means Tinubu owns 20%
Interesting

Lagos should be a country on its own.
Please let move a motion for the independence of Lagos as a country
If you support say 'Hi ' against say 'Nay'

Lagos should be a country on its own.
Please let move a motion for the independence of Lagos as a country
If you support say 'Hi ' against say 'Nay'

Southsouth governors that are collecting derivation will never copy this.

Jimmyson:
Audio Promise... Let the workers testify on their own. There is no need making noise about what you intend to do. Go ahead and do it and let the people openly testify.

Humm some can never be happy abt good news .sadness is their ultimate friend.

NLC matter just tire me, Buhari has not paid one month, they are demanding for 5months arrears......... Baba just lock up

What am I missing. Tot FG has 35k for d baseline 1-6 salary scale but am seeing 30k here

Southern governors are just waking up

Please is there any one who know the current salary structure of Lagos state secondary teachers.

A B.sc/ B.ed under grade level 8 receives how much?. I googled search I saw 56000 naira. Could this be true?

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helinues:
So Na N35k be LASG minimum wage?

This one Na gbedu dey dey japata

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This is good news

babyfaceafrica:
Lagos can do better

Go back to your state that is paying 100,000 naira. Are you held at gun point in Lagos?

By implication, Lagos state workers will now be better paid than federal workers. Kudos to governor Sanwo-Olu for this kind gesture.

Lagos has the capacity to pay 50k as minimum wage, I was with Sanwo-Olu yesterday but...