APC ADVICES EKITI WORKERS NOT TO ALLOW FAYOSE DECEIVE THEM

Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), today warned workers in the state not to allow themselves to be deceived by governor Ayodele Fayose’s claims of gloomy financial position of the state.

According to a statement by the party's Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, the advice became necessary on the reason that Fayose had been using what it termed over-bloated debt figures as alibi for the government’s failure to pay salary and other obligations to workers.

Olatunbosun said, "It is good that Ekiti people know the kind of governor they have. In one breath, he said he spends N1.4b to pay salary monthly. The next minute, he said it is N1.6b in the same broadcast‎, which gave him away, as usual, as a man playing games with the lives of Ekiti people.

"All these mathematical gymnastics are callous demonstration of breach of faith in government and the governed relations.

"What is the governor doing with full monthly federal allocation to the state when the bond debt repayment has been suspended for six months? 300 members of Traffic Management Agency have been sent packing. 800 members of Volunteer Peace Corps have been relieved of their jobs.‎

"Social Security scheme for 20,000 old people receiving N5000 every month each has been cancelled. This is apart from the over 20,000 Youth Volunteers earning N10,000 monthly who have also been disengaged by Fayose.

"Many of the youths who were trained in various skills under the Fayemi administration by Odua Skills Acquisition Centre have been abandoned by Fayose while the programme has been replaced with a pedestrian concept of stomach infrastructure.

"Teachers’ special allowances for rural postings and core subjects have been abolished while workers, including primary and secondary school teachers, who were promoted since April last year, had their promotions reversed.

"The security agencies are no longer well-funded, leading to the current armed robbery cases across the state. Streetlights are turned off at 10.00 pm on the excuse of the cost of fuel, thus ‎paralyzing night life and causing insecurity as well as putting in jeopardy late night business activities in the state capital."

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