623 civil servants to get car loans in Ekiti

By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado-Ekiti

At least 623 workers in Ekiti state public service will benefit from car loans recently approved by the state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose.
The state commissioner for finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, who made the disclosure in Ado-Ekiti, said the loans, which ranged  from N80,000 to N1.5 million,  was approved depending on the salary grade level  of the benefiting officers.

Stressingthe commitment of the Fayose-led administration to the welfare of workers in the state civil service, the commissioner stated that  the loan was to be   disbursed in one  single tranche to  the benefiting officers.
The Commissioner promised that another batch  of beneficiaries of the workers car loan will be announced  before the end of this year.

In another development, Ekiti state Commissioner for Environment , Hon Bisi Kolawole has warned people of the state against indiscriminate dumping of refuse and  waste into drainages, canals  and river channels  in order to avert  flooding and other natural disasters
The commissioner who gave the  warning  at a forum in Ado-Ekiti said anyone caught violating the  state  health and environmental laws would be severely  sanctioned
Urging the people of the state to complement  government’s efforts at ridding the state of filth, diseases  as well as natural and man-made disasters,  the commissioner  said officers and men of the state Environmental, Health and Sanitation Department of his ministry, had been fully mobilised to apprehend and prosecute anyone  found  violating  the state environmental laws.
He urged  people of the state capital to promptly report anyone found dumping refuse or waste into  the newly dredged channels as well as newly constructed drainages .