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…