Why Fayose must pay workers’ salaries, by APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti state chapter has insisted why Governor Ayodele Fayose must commit fresh monthly allocation to the state from the federal government on paying workers’ salaries and the entitlements of pensioners...


Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement at the weekend that the latest receipt of N4.732billion to the state, excluding Local Government allocation, was enough to pay the workers and pensioners a minimum of four months arrears, the state’s wage bill being less than N2.6billion as often claimed by Fayose.

Olatubosun said: “Since he claims to be a friend of the masses, Fayose should be honest with Ekiti people and with God now that he has been exposed by adding the N4.7 billion State allocation to the Local Government Allocation which is almost the same amount.

“It is gratifying that the Federal Government announced the July allocations to the 36 states, giving details of figures of receipts of each of the states. “Governor Fayose is fond of distorting facts about allocations to the state and on several occasions lying that the state receives barely N500m after deductions.

“Now that the Federal Government has announced that July allocation to Ekiti State is N4.732b after deductions and separate from the Local Government Allocation, Ekiti people can no longer be deceived that the state received peanut in July as an excuse for failure to pay salary.”