By Kazeem Ayodeji
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has announced a series of relief programmes worth N12 billion to cushion the effects of the global economic downturn on the people of the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode made this known in a statement in Ado Ekiti.
According to the statement, the programmes, cover various sectors such as salary and pension payments, food production, livestock development, small business support, conditional cash transfer, free bus service, and healthcare.
The governor also approved the payment of one-month salary arrears to State and Local Government workers totaling over N2.7 billion, clearing the backlog of salary arrears owed to State Government workers, and promising to clear the arrears owed to Local Government workers this year.
Mr Oyebanji equally increased the monthly subvention of autonomous institutions, including the Judiciary and all tertiary institutions, by N600 million, to enable them to implement the wage award for State and Local Government workers among other payments.
The Governor expressed his commitment to the welfare and well-being of the people of the state, especially in the face of the current global economic challenges.
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