LG workers back Fayemi for second term
Salimot Raji
As gubernatorial election in Ekiti draw nearer information available from Ekiti has it that, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, Ekiti chapter, has endorsed Ekiti Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for a second term in office.
This endorsement came barely one week after the teachers’ Union in the state expressed same towards the re-election bid of the incumbent governor.
A statement emanated from the office of the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Olayinka Olabode, stated that, the local government workers spoke through their representatives during an interactive forum held at the NULGE Secretariat in Ado Ekiti.
According to the statement, their spokesperson, Mr. Itadare Leke said the council workers were desirous of continuous partnership with Fayemi because he had kept all promises made to them before and since he assumed office in 2010.
It stated, “The appointments of Administrative Secretaries , cancellation of the bar for officers on level 16 to progress to level 17; readmission of sacked workers and overseas training opportunities are some of the things we have benefited under Fayemi.
“We are convinced these will continue when he is re-elected. Any other candidate who have come here to talk to us may end up deceiving us.”
In his remarks, the State’s President of NULGE, Mr. Bunmi Ajimoko, said the interface with Fayemi was a stock-taking event to enable the council workers “look back with a view to projecting what the next four years portends for the local government system.”
He commended the governor for appointing five Administrative Secretaries on consolidated salaries, approving the resuscitation of Pension Department in the Local Government Service Commission to accommodate workers who deployed from PENCOM, and the reinstatement of 12 disengaged directors among others.
“Let me stress here especially for the doubting Thomases that since we came in last year, we have had a very good relationship with your government and so we harbor no fears about the prospects of your re-election on June 21. We are therefore optimistic that your visit today will again reassure us in the local government system that post June 21 will be better for us”, Ajimoko added.
