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.


Describing the Free Xmas Clothes for Kids project as a “misplaced priority,” Bamidele said workers’ salaries should remain the governors’ priority rather than “unnecessary grandstanding and splurge on frivolities.”

Bamidele said hunger occasioned by the non-payment of salaries has unleashed hardship on workers some of whom, he said are dying of hunger and ailments the can’t treat.

He said: “We are still at a loss why the governor still owes core civil servants five months arrears, workers in institutions on subventions seven months and local government workers and primary school teachers nine months.

“Rather than making sincere and concrete efforts to pay our salaries, the governor is busy distributing Christmas clothes for 20,000 children.

“If he pays their parents regularly, it will be easy for them to buy clothes for their children. It is not the business of government to be buying Christmas clothes for children and this has turned Ekiti to a laughing stock.

“Offering to buy Christmas clothes for children when salaries are not paid is an attempt to play politics with the poverty of the people and turn the innocent kids to pawns on the political chess board.


“We reject this Christmas Clothes for Children project in its entirety; all we need are our salaries and allowances. Let the governor look for means to pay them so that we can have relief.

“A labourer deserves his wages and the sweat of his labour must not dry on his forehead. We have worked for this money, it is our right and not privilege, the governor must pay our salaries.

“We are also using this medium to call on the Federal Government to investigate how bailout funds, Paris Club refunds, Budget Support Funds sent to Ekiti State were spent.

“We believe if these monies are deployed to payment of workers, all these arrears would have been offset by now.”

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shuuu so oga fayose don join the queue too

IPOB would disagree.

My people, ordinary rice better pass stew. Be wise, which one Buhari don do.

Haaaaa! Whr are those nairalanders defending his actions oya..over to you come and defend him again ooo.

Useless governor instead of him to pay salaries he's giving out 3 yard of clothes and few days to Xmas, he will start giving out rice and his supporters will be praising him

Igbos rose model

fayose is a man of Oz....trying to understand his political reasoning is like walking through a Maze

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captainprogress:
My people, ordinary rice better pass stew. Be wise, which one Buhari don do.

You are a disgrace to sensible people. Fayose hasn't paid salaries for months and your silly fixation is on Buhari who isn't owing salaries. Your tin god despite receiving bailouts, Paris loan refunds and monthly allocation has wickedly refused to pay salaries and your hypocrisy won't allow you call the silly Fayole to order.

Shame on you.

He said: “We are still at a loss why the governor still owes core civil servants five months arrears, workers in institutions on subventions seven months and local government workers and primary school teachers nine months

I said this earlier but PDP youths of no future were attacking me for saying that fayose owes 7 months salaries while he's building a 15 billion naira bridge to nowhere

Same clown who sleeps and wakes up criticizing Buhari who isn't owing salaries..

PDP and IPOD youths come and see ya role model...

It is only a yuletide gesture, states that transport citizens for hadji still owe much more salary.

All the cows killed and distributed during sallah are in same measure as this gesture.

Esseite:
It is only a yuletide gesture, states that transport citizens for hadji still owe much more salary.

All the cows killed and distributed during sallah are in same measure as this gesture.

He should keep his yuletide gesture! Any friend of the common man should know that payment of salaries is in the utmost interest of the common man! As it has ripple effects!

Hmmm

MufasaRebirth:
Fayose never disappoints, I'm 100% sure by next week, the alerts will start coming in

APC like to dey carry Fayose matter for head, Ajimobi never pay shingbain, Yaya Bello dey there, are be following join body but zombiesm no go allow you talk...

Hmmm

See this one, atleast all those you mentioned are not disturbing us with unnecessary comments. But fayose is always shouting like he is the best governor in Nigeria.

Meanwhile if this is done during Sallah by a Muslim governor you may have crucified him by now

praxisnetworks:

He should keep his yuletide gesture! Any friend of the common man should know that payment of salaries is in the utmost interest of the common man! As it has ripple effects!

Great comment, i totally concur. you could have aswell made this remark during sallah, or when tambuwal set aside N600m naira to build mosques out of an igr or N4bn..

it would make a great opinion.

our goal is to get rid of fee dee fee completly....na dem introduced stomach infrawetin into nigeria....fee dee fee degraded all of us to beggars...

and na this party una want back....??.....

Fayose should pay workers' salaries. If salaries are paid, who need a stomach infrastructure? That noise making Fayose is annoying.

tsdarkside:
our goal is to get rid of fee dee fee completly....na dem introduced stomach infrawetin into nigeria....fee dee fee degraded all of us to beggars...
and na this party una want back....??.....

I thought that Engineer Aregberascal aka Baba Hafusa is with barawo bubu and JagaBandit in the All Poverty Congress, APC. Is that no longer the case


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DonVikings:
IPOB would disagree.

But your hypocrisy will make you agree with barawo bubu and Engineer Aregberascal's thievery, not so


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anonimi:


I thought that Engineer Aregberascal aka Baba Hafusa is with barawo bubu and JagaBandit in the All Poverty Congress, APC. Is that no longer the case


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look,dont give me an headache...bring another party other than fee dee fee,then we can discuss...fee dee fee is a no no for me....

tsdarkside:
look,dont give me an headache...bring another party other than fee dee fee,then we can discuss...fee dee fee is a no no for me....

Why should I bring you another party?
Are you handicapped or disabled and unable to FIND a party to support, develop and grow with YOUR own money and savings?
You must be a terrible joker.
Bring you another party ko, make you another party ni!


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tsdarkside:


look,dont give me an headache...bring another party other than fee dee fee,then we can discuss...fee dee fee is a no no for me....

You quoted the most disgusting ipob troll on NL, ignore that troll by any means necessary for the sake of your own sanity because he will troll you endlessly with insane nonsense.

DonVikings:
IPOB would disagree.

they blame buhari for this

he will give them 10cups of rice each and one malnourished chicken and keep their salary



fayose the ipob presido

anonimi:


Why should I bring you another party?
Are you handicapped or disabled and unable to FIND a party to support, develop and grow with YOUR own money and savings?
You must be a terrible joker.
Bring you another party ko, make you another party ni!


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I believe your brain will start working one day. I don't want to believe you are braindead already. maybe just an extremely low IQ sha.

you are talking of another party yet you are the number one defender of a party that had the presidency for 16yrs and refused to develop the country? logic is always eluding you.

crayon boy

anonimi:


Why should I bring you another party?
Are you handicapped or disabled and unable to FIND a party to support, develop and grow with YOUR own money and savings?
You must be a terrible joker.
Bring you another party ko, make you another party ni!


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i was told you are a miserable troll....stalking people upandan....

Esseite:


Great comment, i totally concur. you could have aswell made this remark during sallah, or when tambuwal set aside N600m naira to build mosques out of an igr or N4bn..

it would make a great opinion.

so not paying for months but instead giving out cloth which will never be enough to thousands of people is what u are supporting I don't think you are ok sir

anonimi:


I thought that Engineer Aregberascal aka Baba Hafusa is with barawo bubu and JagaBandit in the All Poverty Congress, APC. Is that no longer the case


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ode Ni e as little as it is aregbe is paying @ least half and building world class infrastructure but ur shity fayoshit owing months and giving out cloths to people which won't b enough self to all the people of d state...i think u are wise but ur head dey upside-down ehya pele

Fayose trying to play a fast one on them eh?...

Tot the mumu pple of ekiti said the ponmo cutting governor is doing them well