The Nigerian Labour Congress
(NLC), Ekiti chapter, has declared that the workers in the State would no
longer tolerate payment of one salary per month from Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The Congress told Fayose to be
prepared to pay two month salaries and pension per month till the expiration of
his tenure in October.
NLC added that workers were
beginning to be hopeless about the possibility of Governor Fayose, whose tenure
is gradually winding up, to defray backlog of salaries and pension, as well as
gratuities owed the state workers.
It said it was becoming clearer
by the day that the government was not committed to the payment as earlier
promised with the way things were going.
This decision was reached at the
NLC’s State Executive Council Meeting held in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, which was
made available to newsmen in a statement signed by its Chairman, Com. Ade
Adesanmi in Ado Ekiti on
Sunday.
Adesanmi said the labour union
was finding it extremely difficult to convince the workers that the present
government would adhere strictly to its promise to pay up before the Governor
–elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi takes over on October 16, 2018.
The union demanded that the
government should look for alternative way to offset outstanding salaries,
pension and gratuities before situation goes out of hands by paying at least
two salaries per month
commencing from July.
Adesanmi pleaded with
stakeholders not to read any political moves to this action, assuring that
workers in the State remain apolitical and won’t shy away from ensuring that
the welfare of members are treated with priority.
He said: “The Ekiti State
Government appeared not to be ready to fulfill its pledge of defraying the
longstanding gratuity, pension , salaries and deductions for workers before the
end of the tenure of the present government.
“That the situation about the
outstanding salaries is even worse with the local government workers and
primary school teachers in the state.
“That the situation has reached
an unbearable level with workers of Ekiti State as thereby put the name and
integrity of the labour leaders at stake, hence, they could not stand and fold
their arms.
“With just two months left behind
for this government to finish its tenure, workers of Ekiti State are now
hopeless about the payment of the outstanding of salaries, pension, gratuity
and deductions owed by the state government more so that there are no
convincing strategies in place to fulfill the promise that this administration
will not leave as a debtor.
“Sequel to this, leaders are now
in difficult position to convince workers of the State on the need to endure
further.
“We are hereby saying that
failure to address this pitiable and emphatic situation of workers in Ekiti
State , the leadership of labour in the State may not be able to guarantee
industrial harmony in the State”, he added.
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