The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has decried an alleged conspiracy between labour union leaders and Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop the impeachment proceedings.
APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, in a statement on Friday said that the governor’s latest directive that workers should fill verification forms that would last for one month before he could pay workers’ salary was a confirmation of its allegation.
“The exercise is billed to end on May 19 after which there will be a report to be submitted at the end of May.
“This will make workers angry and the Labour leaders will pretend that they are unhappy. They will then mobilise workers for indefinite strike to stall the governor’s impeachment,” he explained.
Olatubosun in the statement advised workers to be masters of their own fate as no amount of strike could stop the impeachment if the lawmakers wanted to carry out their constitutional duties.
“The lawmakers are not civil servants. The constitution does not say lawmakers cannot sit when workers are on strike. It is a pity that workers are facing their current challenges because they have a lawless, deceitful and uncaring governor.”
The APC spokesperson stated that the governor would have shortchanged beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme of the Millennium Development Goals instrument by N70, 000, if not for its outcry in the media.
”This morning, the governor quickly instructed that the remaining N40,000 to the beneficiaries who may start receiving their alerts any moment from now be paid.”
Olatubosun said if Fayose was not planning to pocket the balance of N70,000 per head totalling N155.7 m, why didn’t he pay at once when the money had already been released by the MDGs office in Abuja more than five months ago?.”
“The exercise is billed to end on May 19 after which there will be a report to be submitted at the end of May.
“This will make workers angry and the Labour leaders will pretend that they are unhappy. They will then mobilise workers for indefinite strike to stall the governor’s impeachment,” he explained.
Olatubosun in the statement advised workers to be masters of their own fate as no amount of strike could stop the impeachment if the lawmakers wanted to carry out their constitutional duties.
“The lawmakers are not civil servants. The constitution does not say lawmakers cannot sit when workers are on strike. It is a pity that workers are facing their current challenges because they have a lawless, deceitful and uncaring governor.”
The APC spokesperson stated that the governor would have shortchanged beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme of the Millennium Development Goals instrument by N70, 000, if not for its outcry in the media.
”This morning, the governor quickly instructed that the remaining N40,000 to the beneficiaries who may start receiving their alerts any moment from now be paid.”
Olatubosun said if Fayose was not planning to pocket the balance of N70,000 per head totalling N155.7 m, why didn’t he pay at once when the money had already been released by the MDGs office in Abuja more than five months ago?.”
