– A teacher who works at Ekiti Baptist High School, steals a pot of amala from her neighbour’s kitchen due to unpaid salary – The teacher takes the pot of amala to her own room and serves her two children the amala with palm oil – The owner of the food touched by the action of the teacher, went back to her apartment and brought soup for the teacher and her children to eat to satisfaction There was drama in Igede Ekiti, the headquarters of Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area in Ekiti state on Sunday, June 5, after a teacher (name withheld), stole a pot of yam flour meal, popularly known as amala, from a neighbour’s flat. According to a source that lives within the Odogede area where the incident occurred, the teacher who works at Ekiti Baptist High School, stole the pot of amala from her neighbour’s kitchen, took it to her own room and served her two children the amala with palm oil, The Nation reports. It was gathered that the incident happened in a building made up of three flats.
Days after a teacher (name withheld), stole a pot of yam flour meal, popularly known as amala, from a neighbour’s flat in Igede Ekiti The source said: “The incident happened at about 1.30pm on Sunday, June 5, when majority of the residents had arrived from their churches and the teacher could not go to church because of the prevailing condition. “The neighbour on arrival at home prepared an amala, but unknown to her, the teacher had been watching and bidding her time when the owner of the food would leave the kitchen before she struck. “As the woman preparing the food left the kitchen, the teacher went there and stole the pot of amala and carried it to her room. “But owner of the food screamed and was startled to find the teacher and her two children eating the amala with palm oil. “The owner of the food, apparently touched by the action of the teacher, went back to her apartment and brought soup for the teacher and her children to eat to satisfaction.” READ ALSO: Workers must resume to get paid – Fayose It was also gathered that many civil servants have relocated to their villages to carry out farming because of the uncertainty surrounding the time they would be paid. Another source said: “Many of my colleagues had relocated to their villages and hometown to till the land and cultivate crops to keep body and soul together. “You know this industrial action is making us to devise means to survive, you know life is easier in rural locations and many of them have planted crops like maize, which can be harvested within three months. “Others are also cultivating cash crops as a fall back option anytime retirement comes. We just have to survive because this is not the best of times for civil servants. “I also know others who are now learning trades like fashion designing, photography, barbing, decoration, cake making and other crafts. “Those who combine business with government work and those who are clerics now have more time to practise their vocations.” Governor Ayodele Fayose had asked workers in Ekiti who are on strike to call off their actions before they will be paid. The workers began on strike on Thursday, May 26, and this has brought Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, to a halt as government offices and public schools remained shut. But Fayose noted that the difficult economic situation was not peculiar to Ekiti alone as the state depends much on statutory allocations. It was gathered that December 2015 salary was paid to workers in March but only the net was paid without deductions to cooperatives, check off dues to unions, among other miscellaneous payment totaling N512 million.
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