Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, has assured Lagos State civil servants of payment of N18, 000 national minimum wage long denied them if he is elected the next governor of the state.
Agbaje gave the assurance while addressing a PDP rally in Ikeja, on Tuesday, decrying the non-implementation of the minimum wage by the current administration in the state. He promised to ensure prompt payment of the wage if elected into office.
The Fashola-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration currently pays N12, 000 as minimum wage.
Agbaje also said he would ensure non-indigenes are given a voice in the state.
“We have said that the indigenes must live together because the moment you drive away the non-indigenes, Lagos will become a village.”
State chairman of the PDP, Tunji Shelle, who also spoke at the rally, urged the people of the state to cast their votes for Agbaje. “He is well prepared for the job. God has given him all the abilities to govern Lagos State. He is the man God will use to deliver Lagos from the APC.”
Tunji had challenged the state government to disclose how much it had spent on contracts award, saying that the refusal by the government to adopt the Freedom of Information (FOI) Law was because it never wanted public disclosure on such issue.
“This is why the state has refused to adopt the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill so as to hide the truth from tax payers,” he said.
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