Fayemi assures workers of improved package

•’We’re on a collective rescue mission’

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has assured workers of improved welfare.

He spoke yesterday during unscheduled visits to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) at the State Secretariat and the Governor’s Office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

Fayemi said workers contributed to the state’s growth last year and deserve the best working conditions in the new year.

Describing workers as “the engine room of the government”, he said his visit was to thank them for their hard work and encourage them to do more.

The governor shook hands with the workers and carried the babies of some, who were about taking their children to the creche at the Secretariat.

He was accompanied by the Head of Service, Bunmi Famosaya; the Special Adviser, Governor’s Office, Biodun Akin-Fasae; and the Senior Special Assistant on Policy and Strategy, Biodun Omoleye.

Fayemi said: “This is the first full week of the year, even though work started last Thursday. Generally speaking, most people will not get back to work until the first full week of the year. So the visit is my way of thanking our workers for their hard work and admonishing them to contribute more to the state this year.

“We are on a collective rescue mission and the governor alone, no matter the weight of his office, cannot make a change. He needs the support of all workers, both at the state and local government levels, so that the developmental changes we want can be made.”

He said the visit gave him an opportunity to assess the working conditions of workers, adding that uncompleted buildings abandoned by his predecessor at the secretariat would be completed this year to provide adequate office space for workers.

Fayemi said the secretariat would be fenced to enhance security and assured workers of prompt salary payment.

Source: The Nation