Fayose bars 31 workers from office for lateness
Ekiti state Governor Ayodele Fayose on Monday paid unscheduled visit to the state secretariat where no fewer than 31 civil servants were caught napping for coming late to work.
The late comers cut across various ministries and departments in the state civil service.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi, said the governor, who arrived the State Secretariat along New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti by 8am, ordered that the main gate be locked.
The governor, who expressed displeasure at the attitude of some workers in the state, said such acts
of indiscipline must be stopped.
He ordered his aides and the Head of Service to take down the names of the affected workers and that stern disciplinary action must be taken against them.
"If a labourer is worth his wages, the employer also is worth his services. I have warned workers in the state repeatedly about coming late to work or taking their jobs with laxity. Despite the paucity of funds, we have been regularly paying workers' salaries.
"If workers are paid regularly, the workers too must justify our efforts and work for the money they earn. There are many people out there searching for jobs. I want to take the workers by surprise and I will visit a lot of places. This will be a continuous exercise. Those that are not disciplined and not ready to key in to our policy of taking the state to greater heights will be shown the way out," he said.
The Head of Service, Dr Gbenga Faseluka, said since punctuality is the soul of business, workers must take discharging their duties and coming to work on time with seriousness.
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