L-R: Deputy Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, ESHA, Chief Tunji Orisalade; Speaker, ESHA, Dr. Adewale Omirin; Governor Kayode Fayemi; and Chairman of e-eleven, Mr. Femi Ajiniran, during a courtesy visit and Endorsement of Fayemi for 2nd Term in office, by e-eleven, in Ado-Ekiti…. A socio-economic group made up of thoroughbred Ekiti indigenes, E-eleven, has endorsed the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi for re-election ahead of the June 21 gubernatorial election in the State. The group, led by its chairman, Mr Femi Ajiniran on a visit to the Governor Thursday evening, said they had keenly followed the activities of the Dr Fayemi administration…
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To teachers in the basic school, she is ‘Mama SUBEB’; in the academic circle, she is simply ‘Prof’; to her brothers and sisters, she is ’Aunty Dupe’; and to her aides in the government arena, she is ‘Iya’. All these attest to the fact that Ekiti Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adeola Adelabu means different things to different people, writes her media aide BUNMI OGUNMODEDE THOSE who felt that taking Princess Modupe Adeola Adelabu out of academics into what many call the murky waters of politics was like taking a fish out of water would by now be having a rethink by her records at the State Universal Basic…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday unfolded his development agenda for second term in office with a pledge to recommit himself to the good and more service of the people. Fayemi was officially presented with the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to run as the candidate of the party in the June 21 election at an impressive rally held at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The flag was handed over to Fayemi by the Interim National Chairman of the APC, Chief Adebisi Akande who said the governor was found worthy of representing the party as a…
Statement by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria On the occasion of The Affirmation Mega Rally Hand Over of Party Flag and Unveiling of Manifesto Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Protocols Let me begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to the leadership and members of our great party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), my fellow progressives, and to you, the good people of the land of honour, Ekiti State for the profound honour you have extended to me with your presence at today’s historic official presentation of the APC party flag, asking me to seek a second term…
Members of the Modupe Adelabu Support Group staging a solidarity rally in Ado-Ekiti. Members of the Modupe Adelabu Support Group (MASG) yesterday staged a solidarity rally across major streets in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The mainly-youth group said the rally was part of its contributions towards the reelection of Governor Kayode Fayemi at the election scheduled for June 21. Taking off at the Odo-Ado Junction, the participants, who listed the achievement of the Fayemi-administration in songs, also chanted the slogan of the John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation. They walked through Ijigbo,, Old Garage, Okeyinmi and Dallimore with security…
L-R: Commissioner, General Administration, Local Government Service Commission, LGSC, Ekiti State, Sir Akin Akomolafe; Governor Kayode Fayemi; and Chairman, LGSC, Chief Ranti Adebisi, during an interactive Session with Local Government Employees, NULGE, Ekiti State, in Ado-Ekiti. The re-election bid of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, received a boost on Monday as the State’s local government workers endorsed his candidacy for the June 21, governorship election in the state. The council workers’ adoption of the Governor came exactly one week after teachers in the State also pitched their tents with Dr Fayemi whom they described as “the true friend of teachers”.…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; State Market Women Leader, Chief Waye Osho; Commissioner for Women Affairs, Social Development and Gender Empowerment, Mrs. Fola Richie-Adewusi, and others during the commencement of APC Women Rally for the re-election of Governor Kayode Fayemi, led by the First Lady who stopped by to purchase commodities at Iludun-Ekiti market. Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has predicted landslide victory for her husband Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in the June 21 governorship election. She said that the governor would defeat other candidates by a wide margin, as she leads the All…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu (left) addressing representatives of Students’ Union in Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti during their courtesy visit to her office in Ado-Ekiti. With her is the Union’s President, Mr. Ibitola Babatope. Through its local chapter in Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti chapter, members of the Ekiti State Students Union yesterday hailed the Governor Kayode Fayemi-administration’s strides in the education sector. The commendation by those directly affected by the turn-around in the education sector, countered the views of the opposition on the policies of the state government in the sector. Led by its President, Mr.…
Apapa Local Government Area of Lagos State has joined the list of donors to the re-election of Dr Kayode Fayemi as governor of Ekiti State. It donated at the weekend hundreds of branded T-shirts to the John Kayode Fayemi (FKF) Campaign Organisation in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. House of Representative member, Mr. Bimbo Daramola, who doubles as the Director-General of the organization, took delivery of the sacks of the shirts from the Secretary of the Apapa council area, Mr. Oluwole Adele. Adele said he was making the donation on behalf of his chairman, and the good people of Apapa, who…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, administering the Polio Vaccine to a child, during the Flag-off Ceremony of the May 2014 Edition of Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week, (MNCHW), in Ado-Ekiti. The Ekiti State Government has expended N266 million on the extension, renovation and upgrading of 18 secondary health facilities as well as 35 upcoming Primary Health facilities in the state to international standard. The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made this known in Ado-Ekiti on Friday at the flag off of the May 2014 Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week organized by the State Primary Health Care Development…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; acknowledging cheers from Teachers, during a Teachers’ Sensitization on World Bank Project of the State Educational Programme Investment Project (SEPIP), in Ado-Ekiti. Teachers in Ekiti State under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) have predicted the victory of the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi in the coming governorship election in the State. The teachers who in two different letters of appreciation to the Governor thanked him for giving them a new lease of life, adding that Fayemi’s performance in the State is unparallel…
In the build-up to the 2014 Ekiti State Governorship Election on June 21, the state governor who is seeking reelection for another four-year term, Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), fielded questions from Steve Osuji and Femi Macaulay, The Nation Editorial Board members, on poll-related issues, at his country house in Isan-Ekiti. ON a general note, what are the critical lessons you have learnt since you took up this job? There are lots of lessons. Firstly, I have discovered that every politician comes to terms with the obvious realisation that political timetable does not always synergise with…
All Progressives Congress’ APC, Governorship Candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, being received by Ayebode community, during the JKF Re-Election Campaign rally at Ayebode-Ekiti, in Ikole LGArea. Ekiti State Governor, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has been described as a “tree planted by God that cannot be uprooted in the June 21 governorship election”. This was the position of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ayo Owoseni, who defected to the APC with his followers at a rally addressed by the governor in Ijesa-Isu in Ikole Local Government Area on Thursday. Apart from Owoseni, the Secretary…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; flanked by his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (left); and deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, addressing a crowd that received his campaign train, in Ikere-Ekiti. An unprecedented crowd of residents and party supporters welcomed Governor Kayode Fayemi to Ikere-Ekiti on Tuesday when the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate’s campaign train hit the town. The Ikere rally was a huge carnival in which indigenes of the town defied the scorching sun and trooped out in their thousands to welcome Fayemi and his entourage amidst singing, dancing, drumming and trumpeting. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered more…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has flagged off the construction of Ikere-Ondo State boundary dualization project aimed at ameliorating the plight of commuters who ply the Ado-Akure road. Flagging off construction work on the deplorable road which has been abandoned by the Federal Government on Tuesday, the Governor said the dualization project is in demonstration of the commitment of his administration to nfrastructure development as enshrined in the 8- point agenda. Governor Fayemi who stated that the project is in fulfilment of his promise to the people of Ikere- Ekiti who have yearned for the dualization of the road,…
L-R: Beneficiaries of the Millennium Development Goals’ Village Health Workers Scheme: Ogunmola Yetunde (Oye Local Government); Olaleye Sade (Ikole LG); Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and Special Adviser to the Governor on MDG and Development Relations, Mrs. Bunmi Dipo-Salami, during the launch of the scheme, in Ado-Ekiti. Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has said that the impactful populist programmes and policies of the Dr. Kayode Fayemi-led administration will aid the re-election bid of the governor in the June 21 governorship election. She was also optimistic that the country would be a better place for…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday announced the decision of his administration to commence payment of the 27.5 percent Teachers’ Pecuniary Allowance. The Governor whose administration currently pays 16 per cent of the allowance, based on negotiation with then teachers, announced the readiness of his government to effect full payment while addressing teachers at the sensitization programme on the State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP) in Ado Ekiti on Monday. Also, the Governor announced the abolishment of the Teachers Development Need Assessment (TDNA) and its replacement with well structured capacity building programmes and administration of questionnaires to students.…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and National Leader, All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; and his wife, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, during a Fund Raising Dinner, hosted by “Friends of JKF” in Lagos. Ekiti State Governor, Dr kayode Fayemi and his Osun State counterpart, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rescind its decision not to use Voters Card Reader machines in the forth coming Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections. The two governors who faulted INEC’s decision to defer the use of card reader machines till…
Wife of the Governor of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, addressing protesters during a ‘Bring back the Chibok girls’ protest march, in Ado-Ekiti. The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, and Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, on Friday, lamented the spate of insecurity and widespread bloodshed causing weeping and mourning daily across the country. They bared their mind during a solemn procession of Ekiti women, led by the First Lady, to protest the abduction of the 234 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Bornu State, on April 15. Before the protesters hit the…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, accessing a group of Students with their Computer laptops, during commissioning of the State’s Digital Transformation Programme, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Government again on Wednesday took another giant step towards transforming the state into a knowledge power house in Africa as the Ekiti State Digital Transformation Programme was commissioned by the state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi in Ado- Ekiti, the state capital. The Ekiti State Digital Transformation Programme (EDTP) with a two-prong approach- the Broadband Internet and the Safe City Project -is designed to avail the citizens of the state a fast internet service…