Some workers in Ekiti State, under the aegis of the Enlightened Workers’ Forum (EWF), have said Governor Ayo Fayose has no excuse not to pay last September and June salaries.
They praised President Muhammadu Buhari for approving funds for the states to pay salaries.
They warned governors not to spend the money on frivolities.
In a telephone chat yesterday, EWF Coordinator Mike Bamidele said the bailout would enable Fayose pay the backlog of entitlements, including September salary.
Bamidele said with the “bailout” ordered by the President, Fayose now has no excuse not to pay September salary.
He said workers would “resist any attempt to substitute June salary for September”.
Bamidele spoke of rumours that the government was planning to omit one month’s pay by claiming that it would use September pay to offset June.
The EWF coordinator said: “We are grateful to President Buhari for offering the ‘bailout’ to states. This is a golden opportunity to pay us our September salaries.
“Ekiti State workers are no longer interested in excuses because this bailout is coming at the right time as the government must pay our September, June salaries and pensioners’ entitlements.
“This is not ‘money for the boys’. It is not meant for sharing among political office holders and their hangers-on because they will account for it at the appropriate time.
“We also call on labour unions to be alive to their responsibilities and put the government on its toes, rather than being appendages and lapdogs.”
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