By Abiodun Nejo
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has directed a three-man committee of the state government to meet with the leadership of the organised labour to finalise proposals for palliative measures aimed at cushioning the effect of the subsidy removal on the citizens.
The committee and the labour leaders were given one week to submit its report to the governor, who would make a pronouncement on the options that would be considered implementable.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Friday that government alone could not take the decision on palliative measures, hence the involvement of the leadership of the organised labour in the state.
These, he said, were among were part of the outcome of the governor’s meeting with the leadership of the organised labour in his office on Thursday evening.
Oyebanji said that the palliative measures to be put in place would also take care of pensioners and people in the informal sector of the economy.
The government’s three-man committee are the state Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Akin Oyebode (Chairman), Head of Service, Bamidele Agbede and Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani.
Source: The Punch
