EKITI TO BEGIN PAYMENT OF N30,000 NEW MINIMUM WAGE
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| Dr. Kayode Fayemi Governor of Ekiti State. |
The Governor of Ekiti
State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said the state government would begin the
implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000 from this month (October).
Fayemi said the decision
was predicated on the need to improve the living standard of workers,
especially teachers to be able to deliver the best and reposition the state to
its pride of place as the education nerve centre of the country.
The nation reports that the
Governor spoke at Oluyemi Kayode stadium in Ado Ekiti on Saturday during the
2019 celebration of the Teachers’ Day, with the theme: “Young Teachers, the
Future of the Profession”.
At the event, Mr. Henry
Olaoluwa Asubiojo of Amoye Grammar School and Tajudeen Olaoye of Anglican
Primary School, Esun Ekiti and Mrs Mojisola Ehinafe of Technical School, Ado
Ekiti, were awarded with cash price of N500,000 each, for emerging as the best
teachers in the state.
Fayemi said he decided to
inject new breeds of teachers into the state’s public schools, by recruiting
2,000 new teachers to safeguard the future of the state.
“We will commence payment
of N30,000 to workers in Ekiti with effect from this month. We are determined
to reward diligence because the workers, particularly our teachers have done
the state proud.
“In this year’s WAEC,
Ekiti was ranked 12th. I want to salute our teachers but that is not where
Ekiti belonged, we must continually do more to rise to number one”, he said.
He said he was highly
determined to protect and preserve the core values of making Ekiti the education
capital of the nation.
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