The APC in Ekiti state has asked Governor Ayodele Fayose to pay workers their entitlements from the bailout fund.
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose
In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party has urged the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose to pay workers' entitlements from the bailout fund released to the State government by the Federal Government.
He accused Fayose of double standards saying that his refusal to pay workers' entitlements, pensions, salaries and severance allowances to former political office holders is an injustice to Ekiti people.
Olatunbosun asked the governor to explain to Ekiti people what he did with the bailout fund given by the Federal Government to Ekiti State. He lamented the Governor's resolve to make Ekiti people suffer even when their is money to pay for salaries and allowances. He accused the Governor of failure to take the people along in his government and his refusal to pay the last year September salary and leave bonus of Ekiti workers.
He said, “He has also refused to pay September, half October Salary, severance and furniture allowances to former political office holders who were captured in the bailout fund protocol even though he announced few days ago on a live television programme that he would pay past political office holders, but he has not done so while the salaries paid into the primary school teachers’ accounts were reversed 30 minutes after they received alerts.”
Olatunbosun warned the governor that the workers will resist his alleged plan to divert the bailout cash for personal use saying they Ekiti workers will no longer entertain more excuses from him. He also informed Fayose that Ekiti workers will not accept his deception anymore especially when the truth about the actual debt profile of the state was revealed during the ministerial screening when former Governor Kayode Fayemi told the Senate that Ekiti debt was N18b against the N86b the governor had told the people.
Olatunbosun said: “We call on the CBN, ICPC and EFCC to help appeal to the governor to pay up workers, pensioners and former political appointees their entitlements according to the mandate of the bail out arrangement by the Federal Government and these agencies should monitor the disbursement of the bailout cash to ensure it is spent as approved by the Federal Government,”