The incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi apparently would not want anything to count against him, and certainly not the disfavour of the old.
Kayode who is the APC candidate has thus moved to clear the nine months pension arrears of primary school teachers totaling N181 million which accrued between January and September 2002.

Governor Fayemi who made the pledge during a meeting with Pensioners in Ado- Ekiti also disclosed that government had this month earmarked N150 million to pay gratuity despite the recent shortfalls in the federal allocations to the state.

The Governor stated that the burden of gratuity owed the retirees is not unrelated to the fact that all the workers employed during the creation of the old Ondo State in 1976 have retired in the last three years and this has increased the financial responsibility of government towards the retirees.
He added that arrangement is ongoing to off-set the gratuity owed some people who retired in 2013.