If This Is the Will of the People Concession Speech His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria Following the 2014 Gubernatorial Elections Government House, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria Sunday, June 22, 2014 Protocols In o kun o Ekiti kete. Yesterday, Ekiti State decided. Following the gubernatorial elections held in the land of honour, Ekiti State, Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially returned the candidate of the People’s 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…
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Within the past few days in Ekiti State, there has been influx of security agencies into Ekiti State, the Land of Honour. On Saturday, June 21, 2014, there will be Governorship Election in the State, but what one is witnessing is alarming. With the presence of the ‘massive deployment’ (using the words of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar) of security personnel and equipment, the atmosphere is that of war, not election. The Civil Defence is not left out too in the show of power. By their words and utterances, most of these security agents are poised for…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on voters to be vigilant as they go to the polls on Saturday to cast their ballots in the gubernatorial election. Fayemi in a state broadcast to the people of the state on Friday urged them to accord security agencies and other relevant authorities full cooperation to make the election a success. According to him, the price of liberty is eternal freedom calling on all eligible voters to come out and perform their civic duty. He also advised eligible voters to comply with election rules and regulations. The Governor remind the citizens…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the legacies of goodwill, philanthropy, commerce and religious tolerance left behind by the late Aare Musulumi of Yoruba land, Alhaji Azeez Arisekola Alao, will continue live after him. Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, described the death of Arisekola, as a gargantuan loss of a bridge of unity that linked Nigerians of different religions together. The Governor said he was deeply pained by the loss of the eminent industrialist and religious leader because he (Fayemi) believes that the deceased would still be around for more years…
The Ekiti State Government has said that the charge of terrorism proffered by the Nigerian Police against the State Commissioner for a Integration and Inter-governmental Affairs, Hon Funminiyi Afuye and 14 other citizens of the State is a flagrant abuse of the 2013 Terrorism Prevention Act. The State Executive Council at its weekly meeting held on Wednesday frowned on the charge; saying that it is not only an abuse of the anti-terrorism act but also “an affront to the criminal justice process and trivializes the seriousness of the scale of terrorism in Nigeria”. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for…
Barely four days to the gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, support for the re-election of the State Governor and candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) took a progressive turn as residents of Owode, Omisanjana, OkeBola, Ekute, Oke Ila and some other communities in Ado Ekiti, the State capital defied the heavy downpour to show solidarity for the APC candidate. The rainfall began at 1:17pm on Monday when Fayemi got to Owode in Basiri but residents of the community who had trooped out in their hundreds did not mind being drenched and continued singing “there shall be showers of blessings”.…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has disbursed N50 million as revolving loan to cooperative societies in the State in the first phase of the Cooperative Revitalisation Fund. The Governor has also empowered the State Motorcyclists Association with 100 motorcycles and an 18-seater bus while the State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the Joint Artisans and Technicians also got a bus each. Governor Fayemi while presenting the cheque to the Cooperative Societies in Ado- Ekiti on Monday said the fund is aimed at improving the lending capacity of the societies and the overall standard of…
L-R: Member, Ekiti Development Union(EDU) Ondo State, Barrister Goke Adurota; Chairman of the Occasion, Justice Edward Ojuolape; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi and His wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, during the endorsement of Fayemi’s re-election by Ekiti State indigenes in Ondo State. Some Elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State at the weekend made good their words not to work for the party’s candidate, Mr Ayo Fayose as they publicly declared their support for the re-election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. Two of the 18 PDP stakeholders who had a few days ago signed an advertorial dissociating themselves…
The highest decision-making body in Islam, the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) has thrown its weight behind the re-election of the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, describing him as God-sent to the Muslim community in Ekiti State. The body disclosed this on Sunday during a visit to introduce its new executive to the Governor. The newly elected President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Yakubu Sanni, said the council was happy to identify with the governor because of his purposeful leadership and sense of focus, saying this was why the governor was able to deliver on his…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu addressing residents of Ikewo/Erifun communities during the tour of some communities. Voters in Ekiti State have been warned to be wary of Greek gifts from politicians jostling for their mandate in the Saturday governorship election in the Land of Honour of State. The Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu gave the warning during a voter sensitization tour of some communities in the Ado Local Government Area of the state. She spoke at Kajola, a farm under the Ado council area. She cautioned residents to pull the break in accepting raw food items and monies…