Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated Muslims for witnessing another season of Ramadan. Governor Fayemi in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, described Ramadan as “the glory of all months in the Islamic calendar”, adding that Ramadan fast is one of the five pillars of Islam that Muslims must strictly adhere to in line with the injunction of the Almighty Allah. The Governor noted that Ramadan offers an opportunity to draw closer to Allah and deepen relationship with him in submission to his will. He urged Muslims to use the period to pray for…
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L-R: Incumbent Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and Governor-Elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, during a courtesy visit to the incumbent Governor’s office, in Ado-Ekiti. It seemed like a reckless boast when Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose declared few hours to the Ekiti gubernatorial polls last weekend: “He did it before, he is set to do it again. He left office on October 16, 2006, and will surely return on October 16, 2014, by God’s grace.” Did Fayose eat too much pounded yam, and it was doing something to his mind? How could he be so confident when he was going…
With his spirit of sportsmanship atypical of the average Nigerian politician, the country sure needs more of a Kayode Fayemi in its quest for an egalitarian society, writes Ojo M. Maduekwe “Following the gubernatorial election held in the Land of Honour, Ekiti State, Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has officially returned the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election. If indeed this is the will of the Ekiti people, I stand in deference to your will. If the result of the election is an expression of the voice of our people, we…
A crowd of supporters that gathered, when the Fayemi Re-Election campaign train toured Iyin-Ekiti, in Irepodun/Ifelodun LGA. Last Saturday’s election in Ekiti State has produced, expectedly, an outpouring of commentaries, ‘lessons’, to be learnt and of course congratulatory messages to the governor-elect, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, who won by a large majority, approaching a landslide. of the issues begging for explanation as a senior academic colleague put it to me in a post-election conversation connects the Fayose phenomenon, namely why would Ekiti which prides itself the fountain of knowledge prefer Fayose, whose educational qualifications…
Ekiti State Government is set to create additional 18 Council Development Areas based on the recommendations of the White Paper Committee set up by the government. The new council areas are to be created from the existing 16 local government areas of the state after the conduct of a referendum by the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) and consideration of the outcome of the referendum by the Ekiti State House of Assembly. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Tayo Ekundayo, the 18 new council areas are to operate as Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs)…
I am still in shock over the shocking defeat of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the incumbent, in last Saturday’s governorship election of Ekiti State. Like many a newspaper pundit, I predicted on this page on May 28 that the election was a “likely shoe-in” for the governor against his two leading opponents, Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Michael Bamidele, an estranged chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), who had moved to the Labour Party (LP). Fayemi had virtually everything going for him; his record of performance, his incumbency and his integrity, not to talk…
If you are talking about results from a population of 2.3 million, with over 1.6 million eligible voters and 700,000 plus registered voters from which meagre figures totalling just about half of registered voters voted, as victories and loses, then you can have a field day celebrating or crying. But if you are really recognising the depressing reality and hopelessness of Nigeria under its current democracy, if we can use that term, then the results of the Ekiti election are a cause of consolidated grief and reason to ask – when will the people stand up? I can amass 200,000…
Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday received the report of the Committee on the Creation of additional Local Government Areas in the state, stressing the commitment of his administration to effect the creation of additional councils in response to the yearnings of the people. The Governor while receiving the report at the Exco Chamber said his administration will immediately set up a White Paper Committee which will prepare the white paper that will enable the State Independent Electoral Commission carry out a referendum in the affected council areas. Governor Fayemi who had five months ago set up…
L-R: Incumbent Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and Governor-Elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, during a courtesy visit to the incumbent Governor’s office, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has described the incumbent Governor of the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi as an unusual Nigerian leader who puts the interest of his State ahead of personal gains. Mr Fayose who gave the commendation in Ado-Ekiti on Monday during a courtesy visit to Dr Fayemi in his office said Fayemi’s attitude to the outcome of Saturday’s poll shows that “he conceded in the overall interest of Ekiti State”. The Governor-elect…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Fayemi in a broadcast on Sunday said he has no option than to accept the result of the election and congratulate Fayose “if indeed the outcome of the election is the will of the Ekiti people”. The Governor revealed that he had just spoken with Fayose congratulating him on his victory, adding that he would be meeting the Governor-elect in the next few hours to fashion out ways to institute a smooth transition…
If This Is the Will of the People Concession Speech His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria Following the 2014 Gubernatorial Elections Government House, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria Sunday, June 22, 2014 Protocols In o kun o Ekiti kete. Yesterday, Ekiti State decided. Following the gubernatorial elections held in the land of honour, Ekiti State, Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially returned the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election. If indeed this is the will of the Ekiti People, I stand in deference to your will. If…
Within the past few days in Ekiti State, there has been influx of security agencies into Ekiti State, the Land of Honour. On Saturday, June 21, 2014, there will be Governorship Election in the State, but what one is witnessing is alarming. With the presence of the ‘massive deployment’ (using the words of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar) of security personnel and equipment, the atmosphere is that of war, not election. The Civil Defence is not left out too in the show of power. By their words and utterances, most of these security agents are poised for…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on voters to be vigilant as they go to the polls on Saturday to cast their ballots in the gubernatorial election. Fayemi in a state broadcast to the people of the state on Friday urged them to accord security agencies and other relevant authorities full cooperation to make the election a success. According to him, the price of liberty is eternal freedom calling on all eligible voters to come out and perform their civic duty. He also advised eligible voters to comply with election rules and regulations. The Governor remind the citizens…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the legacies of goodwill, philanthropy, commerce and religious tolerance left behind by the late Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land, Alhaji Azeez Arisekola Alao, will continue live after him. Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, described the death of Arisekola, as a gargantuan loss of a bridge of unity that linked Nigerians of different religions together. The Governor said he was deeply pained by the loss of the eminent industrialist and religious leader because he (Fayemi) believes that the deceased would still be around for more years…
The Ekiti State Government has said that the charge of terrorism proffered by the Nigerian Police against the State Commissioner for a Integration and Inter-governmental Affairs, Hon Funminiyi Afuye and 14 other citizens of the State is a flagrant abuse of the 2013 Terrorism Prevention Act. The State Executive Council at its weekly meeting held on Wednesday frowned on the charge; saying that it is not only an abuse of the anti-terrorism act but also “an affront to the criminal justice process and trivializes the seriousness of the scale of terrorism in Nigeria”. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for…
Barely four days to the gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, support for the re-election of the State Governor and candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) took a progressive turn as residents of Owode, Omisanjana, OkeBola, Ekute, Oke Ila and some other communities in Ado Ekiti, the State capital defied the heavy downpour to show solidarity for the APC candidate. The rainfall began at 1:17pm on Monday when Fayemi got to Owode in Basiri but residents of the community who had trooped out in their hundreds did not mind being drenched and continued singing “there shall be showers of blessings”.…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has disbursed N50 million as revolving loan to cooperative societies in the State in the first phase of the Cooperative Revitalisation Fund. The Governor has also empowered the State Motorcyclists Association with 100 motorcycles and an 18-seater bus while the State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Joint Artisans and Technicians also got a bus each. Governor Fayemi while presenting the cheque to the Cooperative Societies in Ado- Ekiti on Monday said the fund is aimed at improving the lending capacity of the societies and the overall standard of…
L-R: Member, Ekiti Development Union(EDU) Ondo State, Barrister Goke Adurota; Chairman of the Occasion, Justice Edward Ojuolape; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi and His wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, during the endorsement of Fayemi’s re-election by Ekiti State indigenes in Ondo State. Some Elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State at the weekend made good their words not to work for the party’s candidate, Mr Ayo Fayose as they publicly declared their support for the re-election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. Two of the 18 PDP stakeholders who had a few days ago signed an advertorial dissociating themselves…
The highest decision-making body in Islam, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) has thrown its weight behind the re-election of the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, describing him as God-sent to the Muslim community in Ekiti State. The body disclosed this on Sunday during a visit to introduce its new executive to the Governor. The newly elected President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Yakubu Sanni, said the council was happy to identify with the governor because of his purposeful leadership and sense of focus, saying this was why the governor was able to deliver on his…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu addressing residents of Ikewo/Erifun communities during the tour of some communities. Voters in Ekiti State have been warned to be wary of Greek gifts from politicians jostling for their mandate in the Saturday governorship election in the Land of Honour of State. The Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu gave the warning during a voter sensitization tour of some communities in the Ado Local Government Area of the state. She spoke at Kajola, a farm under the Ado council area. She cautioned residents to pull the break in accepting raw food items and monies…