Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
Despite the financial and economic
constraints in the country, the Lagos State Government says it has been
up to date with the payment of pensions and salaries.
According to a statement obtained on
Sunday, the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said this even as he
disclosed that the state’s revenues had significantly fallen with the
cost of providing essential services rising astronomically.
The governor, who was represented by
Commissioner for Establishment, Training, and Pension, Dr. Akintola
Benson, said this at the first bi-annual Lagos State Public Service
Joint Negotiating Council meeting.
He said that in the face of all odds,
the state government had been committed to the advancement of the cause
of the welfare of all stakeholders in Lagos State and in the public
service in particular.
He said, “Lagos pays salaries and
pensions as and when due in the midst of biting financial and economic
constraints in the country. It has also embarked on projects that have
both tangential and direct benefits on all officers of the Lagos State
Public Service and the state at large.
“These are the maintenance and opening
up of new roads in the state; implementation of the light up Lagos
project; continuing implementation of the housing for all programme in
the rent-to-own project; acceleration of the ‘Eko Atlantic City’
project, the building and rehabilitation of pedestrian bridges at Berger
Bus stop, Ojota and at many other locations; expansion of bus stops and
provision of additional buses for the Bus Rapid Transit initiative and
qualification for recognition as one of the 100 resilient cities in the
world, an award earned as a result of the governor’s innovative
leadership, investments in infrastructural development and widening
influence.”
PUNCH.
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