Fayose imports Ghanaian and SA girls for parties regularly; APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state has
accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of spending federal
allocations meant for the state on frivolous trips abroad.
Fayose has distanced himself from calls made by some state
governors to reduce the federal minimum wage of N18,000 of
public servants.
The party also accused Fayose of importing ladies from South
Africa and Ghana to all-night parties in the government house
and hosting them to lavish ceremonies while refusing to pay
workers their entitlements.

These accusation, According to The Punch, was made by the
APC publicity secretary in the state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, in a
statement in which he said the governor was
deceiving Nigerians by feigning to oppose governors who say
the 18,000 minimum wage was too burdensome for them to
pay.
The APC said Fayose’s attempt to demonise fellow governors
contemplating pay cuts for their workers over failing health of
the economy was the height of “ height of hypocrisy”.
The party said: “Fayose is mischievous in his pro-workers
posturing. This is a man that travels every month end to South
Africa and Dubai after collecting federal allocations even when
records show that Ekiti has no bilateral pact with these countries.
“This is the governor that sacked many permanent secretaries and
other categories of workers. He is the first and only governor that
cut the salaries and allowances of the few political office holders
he appointed in breach of the law and also cut allowances to civil
servants but increased his personal security vote from N150m to
N250m but refuses to fund security agencies, thus leading to
unprecedented crimes in Ekiti State. Under his watch, Ekiti became
the kidnapping capital of the South West.

“The governor asking fellow governors to shun opulence is the only
governor in Nigeria going about with outriders on BMW superbikes,
each costing millions of naira while exotic cars are the choice for
his long convoys.”
Governor Fayose has openly criticised his fellow governors
over their stance on the 18,000 minimum wage. He
recently urged the state governors to reduce the affluence they
enjoy in office instead of reducing salaries and sacking

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