{"id":31519,"date":"2020-09-16T07:57:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T07:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31519"},"modified":"2020-09-16T07:57:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T07:57:37","slug":"rattled-by-protest-lagos-to-commence-payment-of-new-minimum-wage-in-tertiary-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31519","title":{"rendered":"Rattled by protest, Lagos to commence payment of new minimum wage in tertiary institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Babajide-Sanwo-Olu-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers of tertiary institutions belonging to the Lagos State Government will start receiving the new minimum wage from October 2020, the state government said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be recalled that some unions in the tertiary institutions in the state had staged protests on Monday, with the Vice Chancellor of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/protest-by-unions-lasu-shifts-date-for-resumption-of-activities\/\">Lagos State University, Ojo<\/a>,&nbsp;Olanrewaju Fagbohun,&nbsp;locked out by the aggrieved workers of the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the state government met with the executive of the unions on Tuesday to iron out their differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement by the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had pledged to commence payment of the new minimum wage\/consequential adjustments to the tertiary institution workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement reads in part: \u201cFollowing a meeting of relevant stakeholders on the agitations for the implementation of the new minimum wage held on Tuesday 15, 2020, it is hereby notified that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has affirmed the state government\u2019s commitment to paying the new minimum wage\/consequential adjustments to all staff of all state-owned tertiary institutions with effect from October, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernment therefore expects that normalcy is sustained as we collectively strive to ensure a guaranteed future for our students and the institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers of tertiary institutions belonging to the Lagos State Government will start receiving the new minimum wage from October 2020, the state government said on Tuesday. 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