President Muhammadu Buhari chats with Fayemi during APC’s mega rally in Ekiti state on Tuesday
The governor-elect of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has stated that his administration would make the welfare of workers a top priority. Speaking to newsmen on Sunday, the former minister of mines and steel development promised to pay all outstanding salaries and assured the civil servants that their subsequent salaries would be paid as and when due. Fayemi said: “I want to assure Ekiti workers that I am going to pay all their outstanding salaries and make life comfortable for them and their families. “My re-election as the governor-elect of Ekiti state was not accidental, but divine intervention from God. “I want all the civil servants to note that my re-election was not to take vengeance, but to restore peace, transformation and development to the state. “I wish to appreciate all the party chieftains that supported my ambition to contest again for the governor of this state, I want to assure you that you will not regret your support to me. “Also to the opposition party, I wish to advise Gov. Ayodele Fayose and his deputy; and the PDP candidate in the election, Prof. Kolapo Olusola; to accept defeat, just like I did four years ago. “It is the Lord’s doing that I am re-elected as the next governor of Ekiti State and I want them to equally see my victory in the governorship election held on Saturday as the Lord’s doing.”