By Agency Report
Street sweepers in Ekiti have
appealed to Governor Kayode
Fayemi to come to their rescue by
paying a living wage to them.

They said that the N5, 000 salary
currently being paid to each of
them is not enough to take care of
them monthly.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports on Tuesday that the street
sweepers who are on the
government payroll staged a
protest against the poor monthly
remuneration being offered them.

NAN reports that the protesters
displayed placards with
inscriptions such as: ‘Stop Paying
Lip Service to Our Plights.

‘N30,000 is the acceptable
Minimum Wage By Law’,
‘Governor Kayode Fayemi, Please
Come to our Rescue.

‘N5,000 is not acceptable Again’,
‘Our Wage Can’t Take Us Home,
We Want Living Wage’, among
others.

Titilayo Faweya, the leader of the
group, said that they had to
embark on the protest to demand
for what is right and just for their
members.

Mrs Faweya said that their action
was as a result of the delay in the
fulfillment of the promise made by
the governor during his re-
election campaign in 2018.

She said that the immediate past
government slashed their salaries
but Mr Fayemi promised that he
would increase their monthly
take-home if elected into office.

”We are not happy. We are not
being treated well. We are not
fighting Governor Kayode Fayemi
or disgracing his government, but
we are compelled to act this way
because we do not want to die in
silence.

“We are collecting the sum of
N5,000 monthly. A measure
‘kongo’ of cassava flakes ‘garri’ is
selling for N700 and that of rice is
N1,000. How can many of us cope
with these terrible situations?

“Many of us are widows. In fact,
we are really suffering. They
promised that things will change,
but we are not seeing the signal.”

Nike Alatise, another member of
the group, said that they started
the street-sweeping job in 2003
with a N2,500 monthly salary
before it was increased to N5,000.

“Many of us have spent close to 20
years on this job. When Governor
Fayemi was campaigning, he
promised that he would look into
our welfare.

“Some of us are widows. Some are
living in rented apartments so
how do we survive with this paltry
amount?”

The Commissioner for
Environment, Iyabo Fakunle-
Okiemen, said that she had taken
note of all the demands of the
protesting workers and would
present them to Governor Fayemi.

“I have met with them, addressed
them and got all their demands, so
that I can take them to Governor
Fayemi for necessary action,” she
said (NAN)
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/462431-ekiti-street-sweepers-protest-n5000-monthly-salary.html

5k monthly salary? This hell hole is doomed

That can only buy biscuits in this country

It's too poor na.

Local woman is tired of this Nigeria sef

“We are collecting the sum of N5,000 monthly. A measure ‘kongo’ of cassava flakes ‘garri’ is selling for N700 and that of rice is N1,000. How can many of us cope with these terrible situations?

“Many of us are widows. In fact, we are really suffering.

The poverty level we pride in is something else, why not just tell them to sweep for free or will this also be counted as job creation achievement by the successive Governors of the State ?

That's poor
When sweepers in Enugu re paid 30k?

This is complete nonsense.
The mad man in power will later come and campaign with this that he provided employment to his citizen?

5000 naira monthly?

This is shameful.

APC is wicked!

VicDs:
Rulers who understand nothing but their own pockets

Same Criminals talking of so called rhetoric restructuring? I thought charity began @ home?

In my state they are been paid #20000 and some still complain

Whereas Government refused to sponsor this one

https://www.nairaland.com/6560530/healed-pregnancy-problems-own-herbal

Maxymilliano:


The poverty level we pride in is something else, why not just tell them to sweep for free or will this also be counted as job creation achievement by the successive Governors of the State ?

DejiPlug:
Whereas Government refused to sponsor this one

https://www.nairaland.com/6560530/healed-pregnancy-problems-own-herbal

This one doesn't need sponsors what is needed is patronage or crowd funding!

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@seniorwriter

What can this governors implement if ordinary 5k they cannot pay and they clamor for restructuring.