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Fayose to pay 10,000 ‘less privileged’ N5,000 monthly stipend from 2016
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Biodun Abimbola
Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor Tuesday said 10,000 less privileged people in the State will be paid N5,000 monthly from January 2016.
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Governor Ayodele Fayose, resenting N67bn Ekiti State 2016 Budget to the House of Assembly in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday
The Governor while presenting the N67billion proposed Ekiti State 2016 Budget to the State House of Assembly in Ado-Ekiti, restated that he is not part of any plan by the Nigeria’s Governors Forum to reduce Minimum Wage and retrenchment workers.
“Let me state clearly again that I am not part of any plan by the Governors Forum to reduce Minimum Wage and retrenchment workers.”
Fayose however assured the people of the N67 billion proposed Budget will be a reality because it only contains what his government can do.
He stressed that a copy of the 2016 Budget will be sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for monitoring.