 The Lagos State Government says the recent salary increment announced by the Governor is not for political reasons. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Bengal Mottesho, stated this during a chat with Government House Correspondents at his office in Olao Sai Keja. The Commissioner explained that the Governor simply appreciated the quality of service provided by the workers despite current economic conditions. They are not feeling fine about what is going on economically all over the world. And he is saying that people should be excited, they should be joyous, because the government is going to put more money in their pockets. And I think there is no way you put more money in the pockets of civil servants. I should not have effects on people who are offering goods and services in town and then the general economy of Lagos itself. So I feel that considering the welfare of our people, the welfare of our workers. While reacting to allegations by PDP candidate Olajidia Dediro regarding non-payment of pensioners and Lagos, the Commissioner explained that Governor Sanmoglu has done enough to earn a second term. Lagos is the only state that is not only pensioners. Up to date Lagos is paying pensioners every month. The backlog that we have, a long backlog. When Mr. Bahide Sanmoglu came in, he promised to clear the backlog. And every month he's been clearing the backlog. And I think about 1.7 billion is allocated to that backlog every month. And we have cleared it up to 2021. It wasn't there. It's not as if the backlog came when Mr. Bahide Sanmoglu became a Governor. No, it's been there since. And he's clearing the backlog. And he has cleared the backlog up to 2021. And pensioners are happy with him. Anytime that he has an opportunity to have a meeting with pensioners, you see the excitement on their faces. You see the joy that comes from them. That inner joy that makes you feel that you've not been neglected. You see that on the faces of our pensioners. So I do not feel that for political convenience, anybody, no matter how excited, no matter how easily excitable, she'll come up and say that the backlog is going to pensioners.