Violence has resurged again. The talk is that it is the APC thugs that are attacking the opposition; also recently, we also read that the governor’s convoy was attacked. Is this a rejection of Fayemi or what? You have to judge someone by their antecedents. Antecedents really speak a lot about individuals than the make belief around the individual. I have been in this office for the last three-and-half years, and I struggled to be in this office in totality of about six years, two-and-half years of campaigning before the April 14, 2007 governorship election, and the period leading to…
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IN societies where democratic nuances and civilized conduct are settled, an in-coming government does not intrude into the activities of the incumbent administration. It is not for fun that the Constitution allows for a lacuna between the date an election is held and the date the winner of the election is inaugurated. The interval is usually a period for the outgoing government to tidy up and prepare its hand-over notes and for the in-coming government to dot the i’s and cross the t’s of the programmes it intends to execute when it takes office. It is also a time for…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on the officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to be more vigilant to check the influx of foreigners into the state. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday before he was presented with the new 64-page e-passport by the State Comptroller of the NIS, Mr. E.D. Taylor-Harry, Fayemi said the call became necessary following reports of arrival of some people from some Ebola-hit countries . The state Immigration boss also presented the wife of the governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, with the new passport shortly after her personal data and that of her…
Ekiti State Government has reacted to the spurious allegations being made by the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Chief Dipo Anisulowo, chair of the transition committee put in place by the Governor-elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose, describing the outburst of the two as highly irresponsible and infantile in nature. The media have been awash, in the last two weeks with unfounded stories of allegations of shady deals levelled against the incumbent administration. The allegations ranged from last minutes recruitment of workers, to panicky withdrawal of funds among others. The state government however said in a statement in…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has called on the Federal Government to declare a national emergency on the nation’s education sector. The Governor who spoke against the backdrop of the poor performance of students in the recently released results of the West African Senior Certificate Examination, during a courtesy visit to his office by members of the House of Representatives Committee on education, said the country risks losing many potentials to illiteracy if proper attention is not accorded the education sector. Governor Fayemi told members of the committee led by the Chairman, Hon Aminu Sulaiman, that a situation where…
L-R: Ekiti State delegate at the just concluded National Conference, Bishop Felix Ajakaye; Speaker, State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin; Confab delegate, Prof. Bisi Aina; Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; and Leader of the delegation, Dr. Kunle Olajide, during a Post-Confab visit by the delegation to the Governor, in Ado-Ekiti. Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has called on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to begin the implementation of the report of the just concluded National Conference. The Governor who made the call in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday while receiving reports of…
Ekiti State Government has advised the State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to focus on ways of ensuring a smooth transition in the state and how to record any laudable achievement during the next administration instead of its current campaign of calumny against the present government. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Tayo Ekundayo who gave the advice in Ado-Ekiti, described all the lies being churned out by the PDP in the last couple of weeks as part of a sinister plan to generate public disaffection against the Fayemi administration. Stressing that the plot would…
Address by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria at the Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI)’s Emerging Leaders Conference 2014 Abuja-FCT Friday, August 29, 2014 Protocols I am delighted to be here today to share my thoughts with leading lights among the successor generation of leaders in out great country, on the stakes and imperatives we currently face in our quest for peace and sustainable development. Let me start by summing up the dilemma that confronts every thinking Nigerian that genuinely cares about his or her country. The state of governance and the quality of our…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has charged the management of O’dua Investment Company to ensure that the recently resuscitated Ire Burnt Bricks factory, in Ire-Ekiti is run as a business concern rather than a charity organisation. The Governor who gave the charge in Ado- Ekiti on Monday while receiving the new Group Managing Director of the company, Mr. Raji Adewale, stated that the factory should not be seen as a charity organization that will be making free donation of blocks to governmental agencies. It is recalled that Ire burnt brick factory was moribund for more than 20 years until…
Residents of State Housing Estate in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, will in a couple of weeks begin to enjoy asphalted motorable roads as the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has disclosed that the Estate internal roads will be ready for use by October. The Governor who was on inspection of some ongoing projects including the Oba Adejugbe General Hospital and some other road projects at the weekend, gave the assurance that most of the projects embarked upon by his administration including the legacy projects would be commissioned for use before the end of his tenure. Assuring that the internal…