This coming election is another opportunity for us in Ekiti to once again demonstrate, and, confirm that Ekiti will never again be the play thing of these smart Alecs As the Kayode Fayemi Campaign rolls out next week to canvass the votes of his trusting and ever appreciative Ekiti people, it is the bounden duty of this column to play John the Baptist and foretell his second coming because, as our people never fail to say: JKF = 4+4 =8. This assignment is a ‘must do’ because long before our people ‘knew’ him, even when impunity ruled the roust and…
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L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN; Chairman, Governors’ Forum and River State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi; and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, during the 3rd Nigeria Governors’ Forum Retreat, in Lagos. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that the just concluded retreat of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) held in Lagos, was borne out of the worries of the governors about the direction the country was headed. The Governor who spoke with journalists shortly after the retreat, said that the governors believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction and must be rescued…
A valid voters register with each voter having a voters card is a must to ensure that elections are free and fair. A person must possess a voters card in order to be accredited and allowed to vote during an election. The card identifies the voter. Thus the voters name can be checked easily by the Presiding Officer or his Assistant. It is therefore important that a person keeps his voters card safely, to prevent loss or damage. However, if a person losses his card or if it is damaged, the Independent National Electoral Commission can replace them. The procedure…
Introduction:- A Nigerian has the right to live in any part of the country. An important part of voter registration is that an eligible person is advised to register at a centre nearest to him or her within the Ward in which he or she resides. This is to make it easy for the voter to access the polling unit and vote on election day. However, a person who relocated to another place, outside the constituency in which he registered cannot vote in his new location unless he transfers his registration. Section 13 of the Electoral Act 2010 as Amended…
L-R: Head of Service, Ekiti State, Mr. Bunmi Famosaya, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; and Keynote Speaker, Prof. Dipo Adamolekun; and Head of Service, Ogun State, Mrs. Modupe Adekunle; with them are, Director General, Develpoment Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, Mr. Dipo Famakinwa; and South West Coordinator, DFID, Mr. Sina Fagbuaro, (Back row), during the 5th Summit of Heads of Service from the South West Geo-Political Zone, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has stressed the need to rediscover the role of the civil service as the creative hub of policy…
The peaceful conduct of the June 21 governorship election, maintenance of peace and the safety of lives and properties were the highlights of discussions between the Ekiti State government and the State Police Command. Deputy Governor Prof Modupe Adelabu expressed government’s readiness to collaborate with the police and other relevant stakeholders to ensure a peaceful electioneering campaign and polls in the Land of Honour State. She spoke in her Office in Ado-Ekiti, when the new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Felix Uyanna visited her at work yesterday. Mrs. Adelabu told her guest that his deployment in Ekiti State came at a…
L-R: Chairman, Board of Directors, Senior Citizens Care Foundation, SCCF, Prince Adesumbo Ajibola; Former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, Excellence Award Recepient/Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, during the Award Ceremony by the SCCF on the Governor, in Ado-Ekiti. The various welfare programmes of the Kayode Fayemi administration in Ekiti State have earned the government commendations from across the state and beyond including an Award of Excellence from the Senior Citizen’s Care Foundation led by Prince Bola Ajibola, a retired Judge of the International Court of Justice at The…
L-R: Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Babajide Arowosafe; Ekiiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Member, Cassava Value Chain, Mr. James Awoniyi; and Board Member, State Agricultural Development Programme, Mr. Yomi Ogunrinde, during the Flag Off of the Youth Commercial Development (YCAD) Programme and 2012 Farming Season, in Orin-Ekiti. What existed in the agricultural sector in Ekiti State before the Governor Kayode Fayemi-administration came on board was a grim opposite of what modernised agriculture should be. Only old people seemed interested in farming and it was mainly subsistence farming. The…
It was set to be a 40-minute interview with the Vanguard Political Desk that commenced shortly after 10 p.m. in the Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti last Tuesday. However, as Governor Kayode Fayemi churned out statistics on his adventure in the Ekiti political turf, the time keeping Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, lapsed in his duty as the interview stretched beyond the hour. Governor Fayemi, a one-time democracy activist, and civil society champion is at his most eloquent self when talking about how he is using the platform of office to champion the egalitarian ethos that he at one time…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; President, Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Okey Wali, SAN; and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda, during a courtesy visit by the National Executive Committee of the NBA, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has charged the Nigerian Bar Association not to lose focus in the roles it is presently playing in deepening democracy in the country. The Governor gave the charge while receiving the leadership of the Association led by its National President, Mr Okey Wali (SAN) in his office Friday in Ado-Ekiti. He said that the Bar…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; her husband, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and a cross section of women, during International Women’s Day Celebration, tagged “Inspiring Change” in Ado-Ekiti. The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, joined more than 5000 women who thronged the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti, to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, on Saturday. This year’s event, with the theme “Inspiring change,” was convened by the Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, in conjunction with the Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Development and Gender Empowerment. The Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, Commissioner for Women…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, displaying their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), during the exercise, at Isan-Ekiti. As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) begins the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) to eligible voters in Ekiti State, the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has to the electorate to troop out and collect their cards. The Governor and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi picked up their permanent cards at the Ogilolo polling unit 009, Isan/Ilemeso Ward 11 in Isan Ekiti on Friday at the commencement of the exercise which is being pioneered in the…
Ekiti State House of Assembly, the other day, trivialized an otherwise very serious constitutional issue by calling on the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. The impeachable offence cited? Compulsory deduction, at source, from the revenue allocation due to the states as contribution to an unconstitutional Sovereign Wealth Fund. Following the resolution of Ekiti State House of Assembly, it is a matter of time for the remaining 35 state houses of assembly to sheepishly pass similar resolution. Should that happen, all of them would have exposed their very low caliber as the people’s representatives. Otherwise, on…
In furtherance of its commitment to the safety of motorcyclists and their passengers in Ekiti State, the State Government on Thursday distributed 5,000 reflective jackets and 2,000 helmets to cyclists operating in the State.The distribution of the safety materials came barely two week after the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi declared that the government had no plans to ban okada as a means of transportation in the state. Distributing the safety materials, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr Tayo Ekundayo reiterated the commitment of the Fayemi administration to the welfare of the citizenry; adding that government would continue…
(left – right) Ekiti State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, Commissioner for Justice & the State Attorney General, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu and President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Okey Wali, at the Delegate Conference of the NBA in Ado-Ekiti. Judiciary personnel and legal practitioners in Nigeria have been urged not to be sentimental or cowardly in the practice of their noble and highly respected profession. They were told to be courageous in giving landmark judgment that could withstand the scrutiny of subsequent challenge and the court of…
L-R: Ekiti State delegates to the National Conference, Dr. Kunle Olajide; Prof. Akin Oyebode; Prof. Mrs. Olabisi Aina; Chairman State Council of Obas, Oba Adamo Babalola; Governor, Kayode Fayemi; and Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, during a courtesy visit by the team to the Governor, in Ado-Ekiti. Delegates from Ekiti State in the forthcoming National Conference on Wednesday met with different stakeholders in the State to gather their views and agitations to be presented at the conference. The pre-National Conference Consultative Summit which was held at the Bishop Abiodun Adetiloye Hall in Ado Ekiti, was witnessed by traditional rulers, religious…
L-R: Ekiti State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Social Development and Gender Empowerment, Mrs. Fola Richie-Adewusi; Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, leading a solemn procession of women groups and professional bodies to mourn students of the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, slain by suspected Boko Haram fundamentalists, in Ado-Ekiti. Women of Ekiti State have joined the rest of the country to call for prayers, improved security network and eternal vigilance to end the incessant killings by the Boko Haram sect members in the Northern part of the country. With dirges, they expressed…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Governor Kayode Fayemi; and a beneficiary, Mrs. Veronica Ayodele, during the distribution of Cheques for Car Loans and Laptops to best Primary School Teachers in the Ekiti State, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Government on Wednesday disbursed car loans worth N30 million to 100 teachers in the first phase of the Vehicle Loans Scheme for Primary School teachers in the State. The disbursement which was made by Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, at Ola Oluwa Muslim Grammar School, Ado Ekiti, is the first phase of payment to teachers who have applied and…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the future of Prof. Attahiru Jega, as the nation’s number one electoral officer is tied to his handling of the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. Fayemi who stated this Monday night at his monthly media chat, Meet Your Governor, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman to see the two elections as a “serious test” which must not go the way of the similar poll in Anambra State. The Governor also used the forum to appeal to politicians and political parties to be peaceful in their conduct and…
Ekiti State Government has declared Friday 7th March, 2014 as a work free day to enable workers in the State Public Service and the entire people of the State collect their Permanent Voters Cards. A statement by Ekiti State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Tayo Ekundayo in Ado-Ekiti explained that the work free day was declared to also enable people of the State take part in the verification of voters register taking place between Friday 7th March and Sunday 9th March, 2014. The statement stressed the significance of workers and people of the State to the political process,…