Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reiterated the need for Muslims in the country to use the Ramadan fasting period to offer prayers to Allah for the peaceful co-existence of the country while also giving their minds and hearts to teachings by Islamic Scholars during the fasting period. Governor Fayose, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said that the great Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH), described Ramadan fasting as a shield against vices and noted that it was important for Muslims to assist the country with prayers during this Ramadan period. He said; “Fasting…
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Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kolapo Olusola (holding mic) addressing state govt. functionaries, traditional rulers and ethnic group leaders during a meeting in his office. Ekiti government takes decisive steps to curtail criminal activities • Threaten to sanction communities, individual habouring criminals Any building, farmland or property habouring criminals or discovered to be used for criminal activities in Ekiti State will henceforth be confiscated or demolished by the government, while owners of such properties would be sanctioned heavily and treated as collaborators. Ekiti State government made this known at a meeting with the traditional rulers and the leaders of some…
Ekiti De-Gov., Dr. Kolapo Olusola (5th left), PS, De-Gov’s Office, Mrs. Olabisi Akindele (4th left) and PS of (SUBEB), Mr. Bolu Ogundare (4th right) in a group photograph with the Local Govt. Edu. Sec. after the meeting with the De Gov. Newly appointed Education Secretaries for the 16 Local Government Areas of Ekiti State have been advised to make diligence and loyalty to the constituted authority their watchword and distance themselves from any act capable of making them a laughing stock in their new assignment. warned against involving in acts that could truncate their appointment while discharging their official duties.…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kolapo Olusola has re-emphasized that neither the Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, himself nor any government organ has a preferred candidate and would not interference in any way in the ongoing selection process of the new Ogoga of Ikere. The Deputy Governor reiterated this at a crucial peace meeting with the “Omo Owa”, a body comprising the Akayejo, Agaba Ola and Ogbenuotesoro Ruling Houses, to proffer a lasting solution to the lingering bickering over the selection of the new Ogoga. Olusola said filling a vacant traditional stool is purely a traditional affair which has comprehensible traditional…
Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the kidnapping of a Catholic Priest, Father Emmanuel Akingbade in Ido-Ekiti as a challenge to the state, with assurance that efforts were on to get him freed. The governor in a broadcast noted that plans were underway to rid the state of kidnappers, saying he had spoken with the police and the SSS to be proactive in getting the kidnapped father released. Fayose who emphasized that the modalities of dealing with kidnapping was different from other criminal activities, appealed to the people of the state to shun staging protests, saying all hands…
Elected House of Representatives members from Ekiti State have warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of the consequences of the party’s relentless war against the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, saying the party should stop fighting against God and the people of Ekiti. The lawmakers-elect, who said it was worrisome that after the failed plot by the APC members of the State House of Assembly to illegally impeach Governor Fayose and his deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola, the party was still unrelenting in its fight against the governor. In a statement signed by the six Reps members-elect, Ayo…
The Inauguration of the Members of the fifth House of Assembly took place today at the Ekiti State House of Assembly Complex in Ado-Ekiti. Pastor Kola Oluwawole, from Moba Constituency I emerged the Speaker of the House while Hon. Olusegun Adewumi, a member from Ekiti West constituency I also emerged as the Deputy Speaker of the House. Other Legislators are Hon. Adedeji Michael A, Hon. Adesina Bamidele, Hon. Afolabi Aknani, Hon Akinniyi Sunday Emma, Hon. Akinyele Ekundayo S., Hon Akinyele Olatunji S., Hon. Aladeyelu Henry O., Hon. Alagbada Adeniran E., Hon. Anifowose Joseph A., Hon. Arogundade Samuel M., Hon. Ayeni…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose has commended people of the state for the unflinching support accorded him while an attempt was made by the APC lawmakers to impeach him. The Governor, in a broadcast on Thursday said though it was a very traumatic period, the people with one voice stood and protected the mandate given him. According to a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the Governor noted that the period of the crises could have been used for the development of the state, saying with the victory against…
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose will on Friday 5th June, 2015 proclaim the Fifth Assembly of Ekiti State. A statement by the Clerk of the House of Assembly, Mr Tola Esan, says the proclamation will take place at the main Chambers of the house at 10.00am in accordance with Section 105, Subsection 3 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). Members of the Executive Council, top government officials, party leaders, royal fathers, chairmen and members of Local Government Caretaker Committees and members of the general public are invited to grace the occasion. Ekiti…
Ekiti governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has called the attention of the people of the state to a plan by the APC lawmakers to forcefully invade the state to cause mayhem with their impeachment plan. The Governor while addressing journalists noted that he acceded to the request of the APC lawmakers to meet with them in an hotel in Akure alongside the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police to allow peace reign in the state. He further said he agreed to pay the lawmakers their entitlements as requested by them just to ensure people of the state are no longer subjected to…