Students in Ekiti State have
criticized Governor Ayo Fayose for the alleged non-challant attitude of his
administration towards the welfare of students.
Acting under the aegis of the
Association of Ekiti State Local Government Students’ Union Presidents
(AELOGSUP), they condemned the governor for allegedly “spending hundreds of
millions of Naira” on the last International Women’s Day held in
the state.
They said it was wrong for the
governor to give out not less than N200 million to women in a bid to woo them
ahead of the July 14 governorship election at a time when state-owned tertiary
institutions were shut over strikes triggered by non-payment of staff.
In an open letter addressed to
the governor, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Sunday, they
said the best way for Fayose to show love to the women was to pay lecturers of
the state-owned institutions for their children to return to school.
The letter was signed by Ojo
Oluwole Samuel, (President), Adetifa Emmanuel Akinwale (General Secretary) and
Oliwayemi Olamilekan (Public Relations Officer).
Among their demands are immediate
reopening of the state-owned higher institutions shut down by indefinite
workers strike in the last three months and recognition of all student union
bodies on the State.
They also demanded payment of
bursary and scholarship that have been held up for the past three years of the
Fayose regime.
The students equally demanded
regular payment of workers’ salaries and pensioners’ allowances.
The statement added: “The
Government of the day which claims to love the women in the society is a mere
joke, permit me to say.
“Ekiti State, known as “Fountain
of Knowledge, doesn’t have students welfarism in the present
administration of the state.
“It is sad that the Governor
doesn’t show much concern about the ongoing strike actions among our higher
institutions in the state.
“Students (male and female) are
now on the streets in their various communities causing chaos, hustling in all
sort of wrong manners.
“Unpaid of worker’s salaries has
become the order of the day, yet Governor Fayose claims to love the masses.”
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