Ekiti State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has said that Governor Ayodele Fayose has no reason to owe workers April Salary because he is not servicing any debts.
In a statement by the Publicity Secretary in the state, Taiwo Olatubosun, the party said “Governor Fayose has not paid one kobo of Ekiti’s debt since he assumed office. He sought moratorium of six months within which there would be no deduction in Ekiti’s federal allocation.
“That means Fayose saves N500m that Fayemi was paying in debt when he was the governor, therefore, the excuse that Fayemi left a huge debt behind is boring and unconvincing.
“The Federal Government has refunded N22bn that Fayemi spent on federal projects. Another N2bn Ecological Fund has been paid. Fayose denied payment of the Ecological Fund until we obtained contrary information after invoking the Freedom of Information Act. He quickly owned up and two weeks later he announced that he had awarded contracts on ecological disasters across the state where the whole N2bn was spent.
“We are asking Ekiti people to point to any ecological project in their communities to prove the governor right.
“Fayose scrapped the road transport agency that had 300 operatives. He scrapped peace corps scheme which had 800 workers. He reversed the promotions of 5000 workers and slashed their allowances and running grants, including monarchs’ allowances by 60 per cent.
“He stopped funding security agencies but increased his personal security vote to N200m monthly. He started using streetlights from 7pm to 10.30pm daily which Fayemi did from 6.30pm to 6.30am. He reduced the number of ministries from 19 to 14. He sacked 180 workers in the House of Assembly while nine permanent secretaries in the civil service were sacked.”
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