EKITI HAS NO GOVERNOR, FAYOSE GOES ON STRIKE

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Saturday announced that he was embarking on an indefinite strike in solidarity with civil servants in the state who have been on industrial action for about 2 weeks.

According to Africanspotlight, the Announcement was made in a televised broadcast in Ado Ekiti, Mr. Fayose said he decided to do that to identify with workers, who have not been paid in the last 5 months.

The report also stated that Fayose maintained 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 of the financial state of Ekiti.

He said: “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.”