Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele
Fayose, has said it is better to owe workers than to sack them.
Fayose, writing on his verified
Twitter page on Wednesday morning, urged labour leaders to put the FG on its
toes, by asking questions on how Nigeria’s funds are spent.
He wrote: “To me, it is still
better to owe salaries and be making efforts to pay as we have been doing than
to sack workers as being witnessed in some APC States.
“I call on labour leaders to put
the FG on its toes, by asking questions on how funds belonging to the country
are being spent. Without doing that, states may continue to find it difficult
to meet their expectations.
“For instance, this year’s
benchmark for FG budget is $42 but oil now goes for over $70 per barrel and
instead of paying all the revenues to the Federation Account, FG still operates
an Excess Crude Account contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court.”
Fayose, on May 1, announced the
promotion of 37,100 workers covering promotion arrears in the civil service
between 2015 to 2017.
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No it is not, rather it is better to stop all frivolous expenses and projects and pay the workers. Past your workers, execute the projects you can from your money, after setting aside funds for recurring expenditures / fixed costs.
ReplyDeleteReview your staffing levels & efficiencies. Cut down on size if necessary, or engage idle hands on revenue drives.
That's simple management.
Not chop I chop at the expense of workers.
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