Ekiti State Government has again slashed the salaries of political office holders and Accounting officers by 25percent for three months as a result of shortfalls in the federal allocation to the state
Also Government has suspended the payment of minimum wage and consequential adjustment for workers from Grade level 7 and above which commenced in january 2021 for same months.
This followed the sigining of memorandum of understanding on the agreement reached between representatives of government and labour leaders state administrative council on the state finance..
Under the M.O.U, running grant to Government offices on monthly basis has been reduce while the economic review committee would henceforth meet monthly to keep labour abreast of the financial position of the state.
Details later…
