The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has warned Governor Ayodele Fayose against being insensitive to the plight of workers in the state.

DAILY POST reports that civil servants in the state have not been paid for months now, a development that triggered industrial action across the state recently.

In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party said the latest revelation that put Fayose’s private account in excess of N4b had proved the party right in its consistent position that the state’s money was being misapplied while the workers suffered.

“We have said over time that the state has money to pay workers’ salaries after the governor collected 20 months Federal and local governments’ allocations, N9.6b bailout cash, N22b refunds on federal roads, N2b Ecological Fund, CBN N2b SME loan, cut-throat taxes on IGR, including taxation of primary school pupils and N5m charge on each of all the banks in the state for their community social responsibility, all that are kept in accounts that are not known to the state’s financial system,” he said.

faulting the governor for refusing to implement TSA to enhance transparent financial regulation to check fraud, Olatunbosun said the latest revelation was a confirmation of the party’s allegation that a man that could not be linked to any thriving personal business had such huge balances in his personal accounts for private comfort while Ekiti workers suffered.

“The man that is doing all these was yesterday holding a meeting with Labour leaders, begging them to take one salary out of six months while he collects his monthly N250m security vote and other millions for monthly running grants.

“This is a wicked and callous demonstration of insensitivity to the harsh conditions under which Ekiti workers live after six of them lost their lives over inability to raise money to take care of their health needs,” Olatunbosun said.

Olatunbosun added the governor had no excuse to continue to owe workers, as recent revelations over Fayose’s multiple accounts he ran with his associates were evidence that Ekiti had enough money that was being misapplied.