… Announces 25% slash on all public transport fee in the state
… To engage ‘Mama Put’, Caterers to feed 1000 – 1500 residents daily in each LG
As Nigerians lament the high cost of living crisis in the country, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that Lagos State civil servants from Level 1 to 14 will come to work physically three times a week and work virtually for the two other days to ease economic pressure in the state.
The governor, who stated this during a media chat on Thursday, also announced a 25% reduction on all public transportation in the state.
Sanwo-Olu said, “The first thing that we will be doing in the state going forward is that we want to start with our own public servants, to say that even the challenges that we’ve seen now, can we be creative and have flexible working hours?
“So, immediately from next week, we are working out a plan where civil servants from Level 1 to 14 will come to the office maximum three times a week. Not that any form of government will be shut down; it will be all calendarised and it will be schedule.
“Level 15 to 17 will miss work a day. What are we trying to achieve? We are seeking to achieve a process whereby people will even slow down and reduce the pressure on the work environment.”
Sanwo-Olu said the state government does not want a “charged, aggravated workforce” hence the option of a hybrid work schedule to reduce the number of days workers come to work physically.
He said the measure will reduce pressure on the roads, and reduce economic pressure on the workers.
Protests have rocked Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Niger and some parts of the country in the last few weeks over the hardship experienced in the country as Nigerians lament food inflation, high cost of living, amongst other harsh living conditions occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidy, forex crisis, amongst others.
Lagos govt set to resume 25% reduction on transportation
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has also announced that the government will resume a 25% reduction on public transportation in the state.
“We started something last year from August when we had a 50% reduction on all public transportation,” the governor said in a media chat on Thursday.
“It was stopped towards the end of the years when things resumed back but now I think transport cost is a major thing for our citizens.
“Almost immediately from this weekend, we’re throwing back a 25% reduction on all public transportation. We’re working with the various unions to ensure that we also can support them. But on our BRT, on our trains, on our ferry services, you going to begin to enjoy that almost immediately from this weekend.
“I’ve given an instruction, so they are working on the logistics for that.”
‘We will engage ”Mama Put” to feed 1000 – 1500 residents daily in each LG’
The Lagos State Government says it will engage canteens locally known as Mama Put to feed between 1,000 to 1,500 residents daily in each of the local government areas of the state.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said this on Thursday during a media chat, explaining that the move is part of measures to cushion the impacts of the rising cost of living in the country which has sparked protests in several cities.
“The third level will be that we are not going to do what we call, you know, the soup bowl; the soup kitchen. We did it also during COVID-19,” the governor said during the briefing.
“We want to identify Mama Put and caterers. We want to be able to feed between 1,000 and 1,500 in every local government per day, you know, at the first instance, for the next you know, 30 to 60 days.
“So, let’s watch out for the logistics. You know, we are identifying the caterers already. You know, funds will be sent to them, and they will have vouchers to show that just people just walk in, you know, and just give them something to eat, one a day. And let’s just continue on that.”
