May Day: Ekiti workers query Fayose’s wage bill

The organised labour in Ekiti State has queried the workers wage bill by the Governor Ayodele Fayose-led administration which currently stands at N2.6bn.

The state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Raymond Adesanmi, who called for a review of the wage bill, said the same figure was claimed by ex-governor Kayode Fayemi’s administration.

“The current wage bill quoted was inherited from the immediate past administration. After one year of this administration, we expect that the bill would have reduced.

“This is because no employment was done and civil servants are retiring every day. If this is looked into, more resources will be available for the payment of salaries and perform other government functions,” he said.

Speaking on Sunday during a low-key 2016 Workers’ Day held in Ado Ekiti, Adesanmi said workers were being owed four-month salary arrears by the state government even as he lamented the death of six doctors and a driver from Ekiti, who died in an auto crash along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway last  Sunday.

The workers, who gathered at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, prayed God to grant their families the fortitude to bear the monumental loss.