Fayemi assures LG workers of job security

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has assured local government workers in the state of security of their jobs.
The governor gave the assurance on Friday during an interactive session with council workers from Ikere, Ise/Orun and Ekiti South West in Ikere-Ekiti and those from Ado and Irepodun/Ifelodun in Ado-Ekiti under the aegis of the National Union of Local Government Employees.
Fayemi said his administration never tampered with the allocations from the Federation Account to the local government areas.
He assured the local government workers that the payment of arrears of their minimum wage and promotions would commence in December.
He added that a committee would be mandated to speed up the process of payment of outstanding arrears.
He expressed surprise on the claims that the council workers had yet to be paid their leave bonus, saying that the bonus had been released to their respective councils.
He said his administration would consider the direct lodgement of their leave bonus through the e-payment system to end the delay in payment of the leave bonus.
He said, “We are not owing any local government leave bonus. I want to reiterate that there is no local government in the state that we are owing leave bonus.
“If your local government has not paid you, the issue is in the hands of those at the helm in your respective local government, but we will ensure that the system investigates why some local government workers have not received their leave bonus.
“Quote me, since I became governor, we have not owed leave bonus. In fact, leave bonus has been paid up to October 2013 and if you have not received your leave bonus, I deserve to know. We have given them your money in your local government and if they have not given you, we will investigate.”
He refuted the rumour of plan by the state government to terminate the appointment of redundant local government workers in the state, describing it as an “arrant nonsense.”
Earlier, the Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Chief Ranti Adebisi stated promotion arrears of 3,400 council workers in the state had been done, saying the process would continue next year