Ekiti State Workers Lament, Says Fayose Has Performed Below Expectations

Civil servants in Ekiti state have lamented the non-payment of salaries by the administration of Governor Ayodele Fayose.

Some of the workers in the state who spoke with our correspondent in Ado-ekiti said the governor is owing them 3 months salaries but has paid a minute percentage of their basic take home as Christmas bonus. This, the workers said is a complete departure from what transpired during the administration of Kayode Fayemi.

“Why must it be us that will always bear the brunt of every bad situation? When things are going well they are the ones that enjoy most and when things are not fine they still enjoy and we the masses suffer it. When other states have started paying December salaries, for example Cross River state we are here still hoping that we would get October salaries. This is not fair.

“Do you know what our governor does? He goes round the state telling people he is open and that it is this and that but he all that does not affect his own convenience ooo. I don’t know how a governor will not be deeply worried that his people are suffering and not getting paid regularly. He will always put the blame on someone and that usually is the president,” Mr Koleosho disclosed.

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Some of the workers who spoke to Naij.com complained of the sudden change in the attitude of the governor, Ayodele Fayose to the plights of workers in the state adding that unlike past administrations they are being paid a paltry 10 percentage of their basic salary as Christmas bonus.

Mr Taiwo, a local government employees in Ekiti state says his son just got into university, and he can barely raise the money to pay his fees because salary is not coming as at when due.

“During former Governor Fayemi’s administration I was paid ₦8,000 as Christmas bonus but Fayose paid me ₦2,992. What does he want us to do with that in this period where only fuel scarcity can consumed times 5 of that amount in a day?” Mrs Anifowese, a level 9 primary school teacher lamented.

A cross section of the workers were of the opinion that the governor should squarely face the herculean task of governing the state, instead of preoccupying himself with being the most outspoken opposition governor in Nigeria.

A teacher in one of the public schools in Ikere-ekiti, a town 10 minutes’ drive from the state capital, Mr Adesanya said that the governor has failed woefully in meeting the expectations of workers in the state.

“So far, he has failed completely. He doesn’t even care that much as he used to when he first became the governor of our state. He is not the kind of governor we voted for. He said he has changed and those things he promised us have not materialized. And he doesn’t seem to care that is the most annoying things.”

Responding to a question raised by a civil servant during a recent meeting with workers in Ado-ekiti that she cannot pay her children’s school fees because of the delay in salary payments, Governor Fayose was alleged to have angrily replied that he would not sell his children to pay workers’ salaries.

According to a primary school teacher who simply identified himself as Omotosho, the actions of the governor of late has been below the acceptable standard.

“He is not acting like a governor. He is acting as if he is the president of everything……everybody. Like a god that cannot be spoken against. If you make noise he will shut you down. The case of the woman that told him she could not pay her children’s school fees because he has not been paying regularly and the way he answered is a perfect example of what we are experiencing at the moment,” the primary school teacher said.

The primary school teacher was however hopeful that the next year will turn out better for workers and residents of the state.

“I hope that next year will be better than this year. It is my prayer that the governor will do the right thing and always avoid wrong advisers,” Mr. Omotosho concluded.

Efforts to reach the special adviser to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr Lere Olayinka to respond to some of these issues proved abortive.

Reacting to the non-payment of salaries amongst other things a loyalist of the governor and house of assembly member representing Ilawe-ekiti Constituency I, Honourable Onigiobi Olawale Fawale said workers in the state know the true situation the state has found itself.

He reaffirmed Governor Fayose’s commitment to ensuring that workers and residents in the state are well prioritized in his administration.

He also debunked rumours that the governor is planning to retrench workers adding that the governor is fully dedicated to carrying out people sensitive policies.

“The governor cannot purposely set up to frustrate and wicked workers in the state. He is like a father to me and I can assure you that the reasons why salaries are not promptly paid are not the governor’s doing. They are not his faults. We all know those that are causing this problem,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all the 16 chairmanship and 177 councillorship positions contested in the local government elections held in Ekiti state on Saturday, December 19.

The election which was boycotted by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the main political party in the state witnessed low turn out of voters. Justice Kayode Bamisile, the chairman of Ekiti state Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC), said all the winners are expected to be inaugurated today, December 21, by Governor Ayo Fayose after they might have received their Cer­tificates of Return from SIEC

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