Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved a major wage increase for cleaning personnel at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, elevating their monthly remuneration from ₦15,000 to ₦80,000.
The pay raise was announced during an emergency stakeholders’ meeting convened at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital premises in Ogbomoso on Thursday, October 15, 2026. Details of the approval were formally released in an official statement on Friday, October 16, 2026, by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju.
According to Olanrewaju, the upward review brings the sanitation workers’ earnings in line with current national minimum wage benchmarks. The wage review followed a spontaneous appeal by hospital cleaners who met directly with the governor during an unannounced inspection tour of the facility.
Governor Makinde pledged that the state government would disburse ₦162 million in outstanding salary arrears owed to hospital staff by mid-November 2026, alongside ₦38 million allocated to settle minimum-wage and promotion arrears.
Addressing hospital staff and union leadership during the Thursday session, Governor Makinde urged striking workers to suspend ongoing industrial action and resume clinical services.
”Initially, I didn’t want to respond to those who are on strike. But if there are challenges, we must find ways to solve them. You put this government in place. The first step is for you to call off the strike, and once you assure me of that, we can move forward. This is our state; how we lay our bed is how we will lie on it.” Governor Seyi Makinde stated.
The gesture drew positive reactions from state officials and healthcare union leadership present at the venue.
Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi (Commissioner for Health): Commended the governor’s prompt intervention and reiterated the ministry’s commitment to resolving administrative friction within state tertiary health institutions.
Prof. Olawale Olakulehin (Chief Medical Director, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital): Welcomed the decision, describing the pay review as a vital boost for facility maintenance and operational morale.
Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka (Board Chairman, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital): Urged labor unions to reciprocate the executive gesture by resuming full clinical services.
The implementation of the new ₦80,000 monthly structure takes immediate effect, bringing the facility’s cleaning staff into alignment with the state’s minimum wage framework.
