1,000 WORKERS WITH LONG SERVICE AWARD HONOURED BY SANWO-OLU

1,000 WORKERS WITH LONG SERVICE AWARD HONOURED BY SANWO-OLU

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday honoured 1,000 civil servants who have spent over 30 years in the employ of the state.
They were honoured with the Long Service Merit award. Among those honoured by Sanwo-Olu were 17 serving permanent secretaries who have spent between 30 and 34 years in the service, the Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly and other categories of workers who have dedicated over three decades of their life in the state public service.
In his address at the 2019 Long Service Merit Award held at the Lagos State Secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos,, Southwest Nigeria, Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Secretary to State Government, Mrs Folasade Jaji said that his administration remained committed to the payment of N30,000 new minimum wage.
He urged workers in the state to be more dedicated and key into his T.H.E.M.E.S agenda to take the state to a greater height.
Sanwo-Olu said his T.H.E.M.E.S. would surely move the state to the next level, but noted that civil servants must play their part in the actualisation of his dream.
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