The workers say the lockdown by the government to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic has affected them negatively.....
FILE PHOTO of Workers protesting over alleged recalcitrance of government and employers to pay adequate minimum wage, at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday . 05390/30/10/2018/Deborah Bada/BJO/NANLabour unions in Ekiti State have appealed to Governor Kayode Fayemi not to contemplate salary reduction of the state public servants despite the slump in the revenues of the state government.
Mr Fayemi had, on Tuesday, announced the slashing of his salary; those of his Deputy, Bisi Egbeyemi, and other political appointees by 50 per cent.He said this time was most appropriate for the state government to assuage the sufferings of the workers by promptly paying their salaries as well as the palliatives.
Mr Olatunde appreciated the government and health workers in Ekiti for working hard to reduce the number of victims of COVID-19 to eight.
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