Ekiti State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has slammed Governor Ayodele Fayose’s stance on the proposed reduction/removal of minimum wage.
In a statement, Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun explained that Fayose who is advising his fellow governors to cut overseas trips and shun opulence in order to be able to pay the minimum wage is also guilty of going on frequent overseas trips.
Olatubosun said “Fayose is mischievous in his pro-workers posturing. This is a man that travels every month end to South Africa and Dubai after collecting federal allocations even when records show that Ekiti has no bilateral pact with these countries.
“This is the governor that sacked many permanent secretaries and other categories of workers. He is the first and only governor that cut the salaries and allowances of the few political office holders he appointed in breach of the law and also cut allowances to civil servants but increased his personal security vote from N150 million to N250 million.”
The Nigerian Governors Forum during a recent meeting proposed that the minimum wage should be removed or reduced because with the current economic situation in the country, states can no longer afford the minimum wage.
Gov Fayose was one of the few governors who opposed this proposal rather he urged his colleagues to take workers in their states more seriously.