‘We’re only owing May salary,’ State government says

The Ekiti State Government has denied reports that it hasn’t paid its workers’ salaries for three months.

The state government stated further that only the salaries for May 2015 hadn’t been paid.

This was disclosed on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, by Governor Ayo Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka via a statement.

It reads:

“As of today, the only salary yet to be paid by the Fayose-led administration is that of May, 2015.

“The Fayose-led government has already cleared the August 2014 salary left unpaid by the APC government, leaving that of September that will be paid as soon as there is improvement in the state finances.”

“Allocation of May that was received was not enough to pay salaries, leaving the government with the option of waiting for June allocation that is expected to be released next week, and the moment that is done, workers will get their May salary.”

“It is also important to point out that apart from the shortfall in the allocation coming to the state from the federation account, the gross mismanagement of the state finances by the immediate past APC government is responsible for the present poor state of the state finances.”

“However, with the cooperation of the people, especially the workers, the government will continue to strive to rescue the state from the financial predicament that it was plunged into by the immediate past government.”

Many governors in the country are owing their workers, a situation which has led some to call for a Federal Government bailout.