As APC asks gov to save workers from untimely deaths

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Ado-Ekiti—Civil servants in Ekiti State may have cause to smile soon, as the state government has applied for the bail-out recently introduced by the Federal Government.

This, according to the state government  would complement its efforts at prudently managing the resources of the state to meet the expectations of all Ekiti people.

Briefing newsmen after the Executive Council meeting presided over by Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola, the Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo said the Ayodele Fayose-led administration in the state has not only met all conditions necessary to access the fund, but had also taken all necessary steps to benefit from the fresh plan by the FG to ameliorate the financial conditions of state governments.

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Ojo therefore called on public servants in the state who are currently on strike to return to their duty posts and remember that Fayose’s love for civil servants and Ekiti people in general remained firm.

Also speaking with newsmen, the Commissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseni Ajayi frowned at the fresh attempt by the Presidency and some of its agencies to harass, intimidate and threaten officials of the state government over issues long determined and settled by the Supreme Court.

“We condemn in strong terms alleged threat, intimidation, harassment and embarrassment of officials of the state government by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Service (DSS) and even The Presidency over issues already settled by Supreme Court.

“The allegations are to coerce the people of the state and they should note that  the government was popularly elected by the people of the state about two years ago and the All Progressives Congress (APC) which was defeated then went through all llegal processes to challenge the election and lost.

“They are doing all this because Fayose is the only voice of the opposition in the country and that is permissible under democracy and when Dr Goodluck Jonathan was the President, former Governors Kayose Fayemi, Rotimi Amaechi and Babatunde Fashola criticized him and they were not harassed or intimidated.  To use state apparatus to harass anybody will be resisted. What Fayose is saying is assisting the government and the people of Nigeria in general,” he said.

APC to gov: Save workers from untimely deaths

Meanwhile, APC in the state has called on Governor Ayodele Fayose to pay Ekiti workers to stop untimely deaths among them.

The party said misinforming the public on the state debts profile to justify non-payment of salaries for five months is a “callous conduct by the governor who brands himself the friend of workers. Six workers in the state were reported dead in recent times over handicap in paying their medical bills.”

Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement that the sad development was avoidable if the governor had made the welfare of workers a priority of his administration as promised during campaign.