By Gbenga Ariyibi

Ado Ekiti—The All Progressives Congress and the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Ekiti State have engaged each other in a war of words over a statement credited to the state chairman of NUT, Comrade Samuel Akosile.

The state wing of APC has in a statement  accused Akosile,  of misrepresenting the interests of  his members.Akosile had  in a statement disowned the  teachers that were said to have apologised to former Governor Kayode Fayemi in a live radio programme over their opposition to him during the June 21, 2014 governorship poll.

In a statement by State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun in Ado Ekiti yesterday  described the statement as unfortunate.
“The statement does not represent the collective views of the teachers who celebrated Christmas in hunger compared to the pomp  with which they celebrated previous Christmas under Governor Kayode Fayemi,” Olatubosun said.

Reacting swiftly,the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Samuel Akosile, , wondered how the APC spokesman, who is not a teacher, would know his members more than him.

Olatubosun, however challenged Akosile to deny the various welfare packages for teachers during Fayemi’s administration which according to him ranges from salary increment four times to promotion of teachers which had been suspended by previous administrations.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed confidence that it will win all seats in the National and State Assemblies as well as record overwhelming victory for President Goodluck Jonathan in the coming elections in the state.

The party also passed a vote of confidence on Governor Ayo Fayose, saying he has brought the state back to the path of progress.

The PDP, in a statement by the State Secretary, Dr Tope Aluko, in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, said at a special executive meeting marking the end of 2014, appraised the political situation in the state and was confident of its performance.

“We look at the main opposition All Progressives Congress ( APC) and all we can see is that they can never recover from the thrashing they got the other time. The people of the state have rejected them and their hypocrisy.