Ado Ekiti — The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has
accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of awarding himself N720 million as
arrears of his unfinished first term as the state's governor. Fayose was
controversially impeached by the then state House of Assemby when he
was governor between May 29, 2003 and October 2006.
Describing the action as unjustifiable, especially when workers and
pensioners in the state were yet to receive their salaries, the party's
Publicity Secretary in the state, Taiwo Olatubosun, noted in a statement
that the governor has not paid workers their last September salary
arrears and has also not paid pensioners in the last four months.
But the governor, through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi,
immediately waved off the allegation, describing it as falsehood.
The APC statement said, "Gov Fayose left office on October 16, 2006,
eight months to the end of his tenure and Ekiti State had had three
governors within that period. Does it then make any sense that the same
Fayose would come back eight years after to approve payment already made
to three governors after him for himself?
"Let's even assume that the eight months salary is to be paid. Is the
monthly salary of a governor more than N1m? How then does, say N1m per
month, equal N720m in eight months?
"Again, severance allowance is 300 per cent of annual basic salary
and the basic salary of a governor is not more than N2m. So can N2m in
three places be equal to N720m?
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