The administration of Governor Biodun Oyebanji has paid two months arrears of salaries owed local government workers in Ekiti State within three months in the office.
The Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Ministry of Local Government
Affairs, Mr Oluwadare Jolumo disclosed this at the January edition of the Joint Account Committee (JAAC) meeting held in Ado Ekiti.
Mr Jolumo said the gesture was part of government’s efforts to promote and make workers welfare a priority.
He solicited the support and cooperation of workers to the government towards recording more successes as promised by the governor during the electioneering period.
In his reaction, the Chairman of the State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE ), Comrade Bodunde Olatunde appreciated the government for paying the arrears and promised the support of local government workers to the administration.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Ekiti West Local Government Area, Mr Olusesan Okere who appreciated the Governor of Ekiti, for being proactive in matters affecting the people of the grass root, added that if other governors are like Governor Biodun Oyebanji, local government autonomy would not have been agitated for.
He therefore pleaded for more support for the success of the administration.
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