Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Wednesday visited the headquarters of ministry of finance and demanded the release of the state’s N1.1bn budget support facility for January 2017.

Fayose visited the ministry and requested to see the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, over the non-payment of the allocation but was told that the finance minister was at the Presidential villa attending the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.

Addressing journalists at the ministry, Fayose said it is disturbing that Ekiti was the only state that had yet to receive its January allocation.

The governor said that he received a text message from the Central Bank of Nigeria recently that the money had been paid only to be informed again by the apex bank that Ekiti was not included on the list of payments.

This, according to him, is unacceptable as many workers in the state are currently suffering the negative impact of the delay in releasing the fund.

He said, “I believe I should do a follow up today (Wednesday) to meet with the minister of finance for an update, but she actually called me on Tuesday that she just got back but will look into it today (Wednesday) and have it resolved as soon as possible.

“You will however appreciate that Ekiti civil servants are restive, having spent Christmas and there is no money in January, obviously there will be challenges.

“By the time I got here, the minister has already gone for the Federal Executive Council meeting, but I met the Special Adviser, who assured me that the matter will be resolved when the minister is back.

“What we are talking about is a part of the monthly allocation and the budget support which is about N1.1bn that have not been paid.

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