ABIODUN NEJO
The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has asked workers in the state to hold the incoming governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, responsible for the salary arrears being owed them.
He urged the workers to collect their outstanding four months salary arrears from Fayemi, who he alleged was behind withholding by the Federal Government of the monies the outgoing administration could have used to pay them.
Fayose spoke on Wednesday during the inauguration of a new school, Gifted Academy International, that he built in his Afao-Ekiti home country as part of his legacies projects.
He said: “They paid other states Paris Refund, they didn’t pay Ekiti; Fayemi should help me pay the money. They didn’t pay N2.2billion Budget Support Fund; My promise is fulfilled, but the money is in the hands of government, they should help me to pay.”
The governor, who said he did not borrow money from anywhere to fund any of the projects, said: “With all these legacies projects, I didn’t borrow any dime. I’m not owing any debt, if they say I’m owing they should show evidence of transaction.
“Besides, no governor can borrow without the knowledge of the Ministry of Finance and the Debt Management Office,” he said.
Fayose urged the incoming administration not to neglect the school nor abandon any legacy project.
According to him, Gifted Academy International, which he said, is equipped with modern equipment, laboratories, furniture and Closed-Circuit Television for surveillance, would receive students from Ekiti and outside on 50:50 ratio.
He urged the people of the town to preserve the heritage and support government in sustaining it.
