L-R: Chair of Governing Board, College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Chief Monisola Oloro; Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Chief Medical Director, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe; the hospital’s Acting Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Dr. Akanbi Olusola, during the inaugural EKSUTH Nurses’ Week, in Ado-Ekiti. The June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State has been described as a watershed that will determine the future prosperity of the state, sustainable peace and wellbeing of its people. The Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, said this during the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital’s inaugural Nurses’…
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A beneficiary, Mr. Taiwo Adeniyi (Left); receiving a N1Million Cheque on behalf of Ado-Ekiti Irede Cooperative Multipurpose Society, from Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, during the distribution of Cheques and Agricultural Equipment to Farmers, in Ado-Ekiti. The Ekiti State Government on Wednesday disbursed cheques totalling N60 million as first tranche of loans to 48 cooperative societies belonging to the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) as well as various farm commodity associations in the State. The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi who handed out the cheques at the launch of the Farmers Loan Support Programme held in Ado- Ekiti…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Left); acknowledging cheers and dancing to a cultural display by the women wing of the Ohaneze Ndigbo, Ekiti State Chapter, in Ado-Ekiti. The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has declared support for the re-election of the Governor of Ekiti State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi in the forthcoming governorship election in the State. The Ekiti State chapter of the Igbo group led by its Southwest president, Prince Nathaniel Uzoma at the weekend said Fayemi is “a diamond which the State cannot afford to replace” and should be…
The Ekiti State Government has procured 20 sophisticated waste collection bins worth over N30m as part of plans to ensure effective waste management and cleaner environment. The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, while handing the equipment over to the State Waste Management Authority (EKWMA) being supervised by the Commissioner for Environment, Dr Eniola Ajayi, said the waste bins make up the first phase of waste equipment which the State Government ordered for. Governor Fayemi said the second batch of the waste management equipment which is specifically for Ado- Ekiti includes compactors and dredging machines among others. He said the equipment…
The Association of Nigerian University Vice Chancellors has described the transformations made by the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration to education in Ekiti State as a model for functional education. The Vice Chancellors who are in the State to attend a conference for the academics at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, stated this during a courtesy visit on the Governor. The Chairman of the Association and Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Joseph Ajienka, said the strides of the present government has improved the standard of education in the State; making it more qualitative and functional. Prof…
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, with the All Progressives Congress supporters during the party’s women campaign for the reelection of Governor Kayode Fayemi, at Efon-Alaye. The Ekiti State women wing of the All Progressives Congress has vowed that the presence of soldiers or political thugs will not intimidate them from exercising their franchise during the June 21 governorship election. The APC women, led by the Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, said this at a campaign for the reelection of Governor Kayode Fayemi, which held at Efon, Ijero and Ekiti West Local Governments, on Monday. The…
A tractor at work on Palm Groove Road, Ado-Ekiti. Roads in no fewer than five streets in each of the 13 Wards within Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital are to be upgraded, it was learnt yesterday. When rehabilitated, the roads will create a ring around the city, reduce travel time and take traffic pressure off the major roads. The roads are to be graded as part of efforts to link major streets in the metropolis with suburb communities in the city. The infrastructure upgrade is at the instance of the Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu with the governor’s approval. Already,…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Head of Service, Mr. Olubunmi Famosaya; and Permanent Secretary, office of Establishment and Training, Mr. Lekan Ayeleso, at an interactive Session with Civil Servants, during the First Edition of the 2014 Public Service Forum, in Ado-Ekiti. The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has told workers in the State to ignore rumours making the rounds and being circulated through text messages and the social media that he is planning to sack workers and cancel payment of leave bonus on re-election. The Governor gave the advice in Ado Ekiti at the weekend during…
L-R: Chairman, Church Council, Blessed Michael Tansi Catholic Church, (Igbo) Chaplaincy, Dr. Fedrick Isife; Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Charles Ude; Ekiti State Governor, D Kayode Fayemi; and Assistant Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Adolphus Mbaocha; and Chruch Cathist, Bro. Thomas Nnabuife, during a Holy Mass, marking the first Sunday of the Month, ahead of the forthcoming June 21 Election, Ado-Ekiti. The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has assured Ekiti people that his administration will deliver more dividends of democracy if he is re-elected in the forthcoming June 21 governorship poll. The Governor gave this assurance while receiving the Knights…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Chairman, State Council of Obas, Oba Adamo Babalola; and Special Adviser to the Governor on Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Aderemi Ajayi, during a meeting with the Governor, at the instance of the traditional rulers, ahead of the June 21 election, in Ado-Ekiti. The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the supportive roles being played by traditional rulers for the rapid transformation of the State make the Ekiti monarchs rare breed of honourable royals. The Governor said this at the weekend while presenting the Staff of office and Instrument of Appointment…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Left); addressing a group of crowd that gathered to welcome him to Ilawe-Ekiti, during the May Edition of the Monthly environmental Sanitation. The May edition of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Ekiti South West Local Government of the State was on Saturday turned into a political campaign for the incumbent Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Kayode Fayemi. Governor Fayemi who was in Ilawe, Igbaraodo and Ogotun to monitor the monthly exercise and inspecting some areas affected by gully erosion, was received by hundreds of residents in the areas with brooms…
As the countdown to the 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti commences, it is becoming apparent that the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress,(APC)Dr Kayode Fayemi is favoured by the critical success factors in the election. The comparative turnout at the campaign rallies of the three leading contenders in the race, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele; former governor, Ayo Fayose and Governor Fayemi and the expression of support by the critical stakeholders in the electoral politics of the state indicate that in spite of the hullabaloo of the contest, suggest that Fayemi is set for an easy ride back to…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Right), addressing a cross section of Pensioners shortly after an interactive session with them, at their secretariat, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has pledged to clear the nine months pension totalling N181 million owed some retired Primary School teachers between January and September 2002. The nine months backlog of the pension which originally covers 13 months is to be cleared in four instalments after the Fayemi-led government had a few months ago effected payment of the first four months. Governor Fayemi who gave this assurance during a meeting with Pensioners in Ado-…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Right); exchanging pleasantries with a cross section of Traditional rulers, during a meeting, at the instance of the State Council of Obas, ahead of the June 21 election, in Ado-Ekiti. Apparently worried by the spate of pre-election violence in Ekiti State, Traditional Rulers in the State are considering meeting President Goodluck Jonathan in order to prevail on the political actors in the forthcoming guber elections in the State. The Council of Traditional Rulers also agreed to invite both the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Halilu Pai on the yet-to-be collected Voters Cards and the…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor Prof Modupe Adelabu, receiving a protest letter from the Speaker, Ekiti State Children’s Parliament, Ilesanmi Oluwaseun after the pupils protested the abduction of their colleagues from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. With her on the right is the wife of Governor Kayode Fayemi, Bisi, the Commissioner for Women Affairs & Gender Empowerment, Mrs. Fola Richie-Adewusi (immediate left) and the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ado-Ekiti, Mr. Tope Olanipekun. It was protest galore yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, as school children and members of the local chapter of the National Association of Proprietors of Private…
It has come to the notice of the Ekiti State Government through a National Newspaper publication, that His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Governor of Ekiti State sent a text message to His Royal Majesty, Oba Idowu Adamo Babalola, the Onitaji of Itaji and Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers in Ekiti State, not to receive President Goodluck Jonathan, during his intended visit to Ekiti State. Reacting to this allegation, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Aderemi Ajayi, said Governor Fayemi did not send any message or give any directive to the Oba since the…
A non-government forum of Ekiti Stakeholders, e-eleven has approached the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti to seek the disqualification of the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Ayo Fayose, from contesting the June 21 governorship poll. The e-eleven, in the brief filed on its behalf by its chairman, Mr Femi Ajiniran, is asking the High Court to determine among other things, whether Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose, as the nominated PDP candidate, has committed the offence of perjury in the filling and submission of affidavit in support of INEC Form CF. 001 as required by the provisions…
Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev Felix Femi Ajakaye yesterday had messages from the pulpit for both the Federal Government and politicians jostling to govern Ekiti State after the June 21 governorship election. He advised the federal authority to drop the idea of deploying military personnel for governorship election purposes in Ekiti and Osun States in June and August. Rather, he counseled the federal government not to engage soldiers in civil duties but to mobilize them to restore peace in the crisis-ridden Northeast, where hundreds of school girls are still being held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. The fiery…
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (right), educating traders at Oja Egbe Odo, Ijesa-Isu, on the voting process ahead of the state’s June 21 governorship election, when she led the All Progressives Congress women on campaign to Ikole Local Government for the reelection of Governor Kayode Fayemi. Ahead of the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has advised the electorate against allowing politicians to brainwash them into selling their voters cards or disclosing their Voter Identification Number (VIN). She gave the advice when she led the women wing of the…
From left: Governor Kayode Fayemi, his deputy and celebrator Prof Modupe Adelabu, governor’s wife, Bisi and Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adetunji Omirin at the 64th birthday anniversary of the deputy governor at the Deputy Governor’s Lodge. Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu has listed the release of the 237 Chibok Government Secondary School girls and the peaceful conduct of the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State as her birthday wishes. She spoke shortly after a dawn thanksgiving service organized at the Chapel at the Deputy Governor’s Lodge on Friday as part of activities to mark…