Ekiti Govt Restores Payment Of Minimum Wage To Workers

Ekiti State Government has commenced gradual restoration of
subventions to tertiary institutions.

The restoration also include salaries of workers which were
slashed in June following cash crunch that hit the state then.

On June 4, the Ekiti State Government had suspended the
implementation of consequential adjustment of the new minimum wage
to some categories of workers in the state, even as it slashed the
pay of political office holders by 25 percent. The salary cut
lasted for three months.

The state government had also announced a reduction of the
monthly running grant to government offices then.

However, on Tuesday [today], Commissioner for Information, Akin
Omole, said that the slash and other measures done in June were
adopted to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s
finances, the shortfall in Federation Accounts Allocation Committee
and internally-generated revenue and to ensure that government met
its obligations.

Omole, in a statement titled, “Resolutions at the August edition
of the Economy Review Committee Meeting” on Tuesday said, “Payment
of 100 per cent subvention to Ekiti State University Teaching
Hospital has been restored.

The commissioner said that the “subvention to Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti; and Bamidele Olumilua University of
Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, had increased from
50 percent to 60 percent and will be reviewed upwards in the month
of September 2021.

“The restoration of the Consequential Adjustment of the Minimum
Wage for officers on grade levels seven and eight, which was
hitherto put on hold due to shortfall in revenue from FAAC
occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, to be implemented in August;
while the arrears will be paid in September, 2021.

“Restoration of consequential adjustment of the minimum wage of
officers on Grade Levels nine to 12, which was hitherto put on hold
due to shortfall in revenue from FAAC occasioned by the COVID-19
pandemic, to be implemented in the month of September 2021.”

He, however, said that the “25 per cent reduction in the salary
of all political office holders, including permanent secretaries
and executive secretaries, is still in place.”

Ekiti State Government has commenced gradual restoration of
subventions to tertiary institutions.

The restoration also include salaries of workers which were
slashed in June following cash crunch that hit the state then.

On June 4, the Ekiti State Government had suspended the
implementation of consequential adjustment of the new minimum wage
to some categories of workers in the state, even as it slashed the
pay of political office holders by 25 percent. The salary cut
lasted for three months.

The state government had also announced a reduction of the
monthly running grant to government offices then.

However, on Tuesday [today], Commissioner for Information, Akin
Omole, said that the slash and other measures done in June were
adopted to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s
finances, the shortfall in Federation Accounts Allocation Committee
and internally-generated revenue and to ensure that government met
its obligations.

Omole, in a statement titled, “Resolutions at the August edition
of the Economy Review Committee Meeting” on Tuesday said, “Payment
of 100 per cent subvention to Ekiti State University Teaching
Hospital has been restored.

The commissioner said that the “subvention to Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti; and Bamidele Olumilua University of
Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, had increased from
50 percent to 60 percent and will be reviewed upwards in the month
of September 2021.

“The restoration of the Consequential Adjustment of the Minimum
Wage for officers on grade levels seven and eight, which was
hitherto put on hold due to shortfall in revenue from FAAC
occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, to be implemented in August;
while the arrears will be paid in September, 2021.

“Restoration of consequential adjustment of the minimum wage of
officers on Grade Levels nine to 12, which was hitherto put on hold
due to shortfall in revenue from FAAC occasioned by the COVID-19
pandemic, to be implemented in the month of September 2021.”

He, however, said that the “25 per cent reduction in the salary
of all political office holders, including permanent secretaries
and executive secretaries, is still in place.”