Only workers who didn’t join their colleagues on a strike action will be paid from the “little allocation from Abuja”, says Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose.
Fayose had famously told the workers who began their strike last Thursday, that he can’t sell himself to pay salaries. He’s also said embarking on a strike wasn’t going to solve anyone’s problems.
The workers were protesting the non-payment of their salaries for 5 months.
During an interview session on the state-owned radio and television stations, Fayose said workers have to understand that things are tough nationwide and that only those who didn’t embark on a strike will receive their pay cheques.
He said, “Since I assumed office, every month the allocation paper comes from Abuja, a committee made up of labour leaders and other stakeholders has been the one sharing whatever comes among all sectors. If I am not hiding anything from labour leaders and workers, I expect them to understand. I feel their pain but there is a limit to what I can do in this type of situation.
“Workers at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital under the auspices of JOHESU have written that they are not on strike and people like that will be paid from what came from Abuja.
“Since I have no power to stop workers from going on strike, I wish them well; but we need to understand what the situation is like. They cannot say that I have not consistently been alerting Nigerians since late last year that a time like this is coming. In fact, the next allocation may be smaller than the one we are complaining about now.”
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