Ekiti Workers To Fayose: We Need Our Salaries, Not Xmas Clothes

Governor Ayodele Fayose

 

Government workers in Ekiti State have appealed to Governor Ayo Fayose to accord priorities to the payment of backlog of salary arrears owed them rather than giving their children Christmas clothes.

 

They expressed regrets that many of them are dying of hunger while others who are afflicted with debilitating ailments and lack money to access quality healthcare delivery.

 

Acting under the aegis of the Enlightened Workers’ Forum (EWF), they welcomed the directive from the Presidency that governors should clear all arrears owed workers before Christmas.

 

In a press statement made available to The Nation on Friday, EWF Coordinator, Mike Bamidele, criticised the decision of the governor to provide free Christmas clothes to 20,000 children in the state.

Buhari’s Absence At State Functions Worrisome – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence from state functions, especially the weekly Federal Executive Council meetings.

The governor, in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, asked if the President was now governing the country by proxy.

According to him, it is becoming obvious that a group of cabal is exercising the powers of the President.

He said,

Read What Fayose Said Publicly About Buhari's Health Status

People's Democratic Party chieftain, Governor Ayodele Peter Fayose has offered his views on President Buhari's indefinite vacation in London on health grounds.

 

Ayodele Fayose

 

Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose on Saturday urged those visiting Buhari in the United Kingdom to "allow him rest".

 

The Governor made this disclosure at the weekend while commenting on some national issues.

 

In a statement released in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday, the Governor said his prayers are with President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that he "is only human and he can fall sick like every other person created by God"

 

He said

Ekiti LG Poll: Fayose rescuing our democracy

At a time democracy is dangerously sliding into recession in Nigeria, we have found a formidable and courageous leader who has chosen to defend the tenets and  institutions of democracy.

At a time there is a painful conspiracy of silence in Nigeria with the attendant fear of speaking against the emerging subversion of the institutions of democracy, Gov. Ayodele Fayose has chosen to stand with the people and defend the constitution.