From giving teachers in the state bonuses for January which is unusual to allegedly using public school principals as tools towards compelling teachers to vote for a preferred candidate, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday has promised to “top” salaries of local government workers in the state ahead of the election.
This the governor disclosed during an interactive session with civil servants at the local government level on Monday at the Adeyemi Bayero Auditorium within the Alausa Secretariat, in Ikeja.
“No matter how small it is, we will top,” the governor said.
Recall that Edugist had reported that, the Lagos state government gave teachers in public schools a 15 per cent bonus in January. That is 15 per cent increase on the salary paid to teachers in the state. This means that teachers who earn N30,000 were paid N45,000. This was repeated in January. The development comes weeks before the governorship and House of Assembly elections validating Edugist’s claims that the government is making efforts to induce voters’ decision ahead of the election on March 11.
