Government workers in Ekiti State who embark on strike without first exhausting channels of negotiation would henceforth forfeit their salaries during such industrial action, Governor Ayo Fayose has warned.
Fayose gave the warning yesterday evening in Ado Ekiti, the state capital while appearing on his monthly media chat, ‘Meet Your Governor’.
He also denied awarding contracts for the construction of Erekesan Market, Airport and flyover to his children, family members and cronies.
The governor’s latest hard-liner was coming on the heels of a two-day warning strike by primary school teachers in the state last week to protest non-payment of September 2014 salaries and 2014 leave bonus.
Speaking tough, Fayose said the state would henceforth divert salaries of striking workers to those ready to show concerns and understanding with the parlous economic situation of the state.
According to him, the respect he showed the teachers was not reciprocated, adding that every worker in the state knows how much Ekiti receives as monthly federal allocation because he lays it bare for them to see.
On his recent visit to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Fayose said: “Governor Aregbesola is my very good friend. It is only in Nigeria where two friends in different political parties won’t be free to greet each other.