The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has embarked on an indefinite strike in solidarity with workers of the state civil service, who have been on strike for about 12 days.

Fayose said the solidarity strike became expedient to show concerns with the workers, who have not received salaries in the last five months.

The Governor made this declaration in Ado Ekiti at the weekend in a televised broadcast shown on media based in Ekiti State.

However, to calm down frayed nerves, the Governor in the broadcast said he had paid the January salaries of local government workers, primary school teachers and subventions to tertiary institutions in the state.

The workers, under the auspices of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiation Council (JNC), had last week Wednesday called out workers for indefinite strike, when it was apparent that the Governor has allegedly not been responding positively to their yearnings.

The Chairmen of TUC, Com. Odunayo Adesoye, NLC, Com. Ade Adesanmi and JNC Secretary, Com. Blessing Oladele, were particularly irked by the

statement credited to Fayose, averring that he won’t sell his family to pay workers, describing the statement as ‘not only insensitive but inflammatory”. All entreaties by Fayose and stakeholders, including the Speaker of

the House of Assembly, Hon. Kola Oluwawole, who held a meeting with leadership of trade unions on Friday to placate the striking labour unions were futile, as the labour leaders insisted that negotiation
could only happen when salaries are paid.
But Fayose in the broadcast declared solidarity with the workers to confirm that he shared their pains and anguish caused by inability to pay salary.

The Governor was explicit that what he has been declaring as amount accruing to the State as internally generated revenue and the N2.6
billion workers’ wage bill were true positions of the state finances.
“I want to tell workers that I have placed myself on indefinite strike in solidarity with you. I shared your pains , but it was rather unfortunate that a man can’t give what he doesn’t have.

“I have told you the true position of the finances of the state, of which you had played critical roles in allocation of federal allocations to relevant sectors which shows how well I had carried you along since the dwindling revenue to the state commenced.

“During my first term, I mean, 2003 to 2006, I used to pay salary of workers by 21st of every month. But the present situation is very unfortunate and we have to learn how to live with it until the country wriggle out of it and things will change for better.

“I want to say that I will be expecting you back to your offices when you are ready to return to work. I shall be expecting you, because presently I am handicapped and there is nothing I can do.

“But before then, I have placed myself on indefinite strike in solidarity with your course. But I appeal that you put the interest of the state above everything , because the present position affects everybody,” Fayose said.

ozoigbondu:
Fayose has gone mad again

“I want to say that I will be expecting you back to your offices when you are ready to return to work.

seunmsg:
The clown is on strike

Instead of seeking solutions to the problems of Ekiti state, he's busy chasing the presidents shadow. Once Ekiti people finally gets tired of his antics, they will chase him out of the government house the same way he was chased away in 2006.

Pavarottii:

Please give me a solution if u were in his shoes?
Thanks

Pavarottii:

Please give me a solution if u were in his shoes?
Thanks

modath:



How will they transport themselves there?

Jesuuuuuu!!!!! What kind of unfeeling nimcopoop is this for God's sake? He has turned governance to a joke..

IdisuleOurOwn:



If it was to be Buhari now, you will start shouting "dulllardd", "illiterate", "brain-dead" and all sorts of unprintable names.


Hypocrite!

chikel2000:
Fayose d man of d people. I just lov dis guy

Pavarottii:

Please give me a solution if u were in his shoes?
Thanks

modath:


Why won't you love him, he's a caricature putting on a show of shame and you are enjoying it...

A deranged person is good entertainment for passers-by , no sane person will pray for him to belong to them.... I pray your governors become like Fayose... Amen..


I just beg that he should limit his madness to throwing subs at Bubu, he should stop embarrassing us!!

chikel2000:
Fayose is still far better than other governors. Ist he said the truth, Ekiti is broke n u knw buhari won't fund him either, telling d truth of a situation is d most noble thing to do. 2ndly he joined d strike, y? Just to make fun of them?, no. H felt dia pain n wish to identify with them. How many governors have stepped that low to identity with its people. Yes things r bad now but trust me fayose's attitude demonstrated good will

Pavarottii:

Please give me a solution if u were in his shoes?
Thanks