Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state on Wednesday urged workers in the state to call off their eight-day-old strike to allow for dialogue.
The governor made the call in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary,Idowu Adelusi in Ado Ekiti.
He said it was not possible to pay all the workers at once because civil servants who were on strike had critical roles to play in the disbursement of the funds.
The governor noted that until the workers resumed, nothing could be done about payment of their salaries.
Fayose, who expressed sympathy with the striking workers and the inconveniences the current financial situation in the country was causing them, said everything would be done to ameliorate their sufferings.
While saying that the issue of irregular payment of workers was not limited to Ekiti alone, the governor urged the workers to note that the country was in a recession and that the state depended much on statutory federal allocation.
He said that he foresaw the current situation which made him to be transparent in the handling of finances of the state since his swearing in for a second term in office
He added that “I did not hide anything from the labour leaders; what our dear state is experiencing now had been aggravated by the mindless borrowings of the immediate past administration in the state”.
