L-R: Wife of Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor on Political Matters, Alhaja Fatimah Jinadu; President, Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria, Ekiti State chapter, Alhaja Fausat Yusuf; Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and Wife of Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Modupe Owolabi, during the endorsement of Governor Kayode Fayemi for second term and a prayer session for the governor’s wife by the state chapter of FOMWAN, in Ado-Ekiti.. Muslim women in Ekiti State, under the aegis of the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria, have endorsed the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for second term.…
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L-R: Interim National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande; National Leader, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; and the Gubernatorial Candidate, APC, Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, during the Presentation of Party Flag, ahead of the June 21 Governorship Election, in Ado-Ekiti. Vote Fayose and turn this distinctively unique state into a plaything for not only President Jonathan and his Niger Delta boys but also the likes of Buruji Kashamu and Bode George For ten straight weeks on this column, I have done nothing else besides predicting, from what as a trained historian ,I know of its decade and a…
Governorship Candidate, All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Kayode Fayemi; his running mate, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; and other supporters, addressing the crowd that gathered at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, during the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC, Endosement of Dr Kayode Fayemi for 2nd Term in office, in Ado-Ekiti. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday endorsed the re-election bid of Ekiti State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Kayode Fayemi ahead of the June 21 governorship election in the state. The NLC President, Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, leading a delegation of the union’s Central…
Ordinarily, Saturday polls should be a walkover for the incumbent It’s been quite some time since I wrote on Ekiti State. Like most other Nigerians, I seemed to have gone to bed, believing that there is no reason to focus on that state, especially since it is now doing well in accordance with the aspirations of its founding fathers. But this is not the time to be silent on a state renowned for its erudite scholars, at least not with the vultures and predators now lurking around, waiting to reap where they did not sow. Before I proceed to justify…
Nigerian electoral politics has come under severe attacks since inception. Right from the First Republic where E. E. Esua held forte, to the present fad of handing over the electoral umpire office to the hands of a professoriate, electoral politics has always been a fierce battle of survival. It is even more consuming a battle now with the hopelessness that pervades the land and the Heaven’s Gate role of politics in the lives of the despondent people of the land. For politics holds the key to the gate of heaven in Nigeria. While virtually all professions and professionals are going…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi are to receive the highest honours of the Lions Club International- the Melvis Jones Award- for their selfless service to humanity. The Melvis Jones Award is bestowed on men and women of impeccable character who have lived a life of meritorious public service that have impacted positively on their immediate environment and the society at large. In a letter from the Eko Lions Club, a branch of the Lions Club International, addressed to the Governor, the body noted that it has monitored Governor Fayemi’s performance since he came…
Ekiti Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have expressed appreciation to the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi for giving attention to the welfare of the medical practitioners in the State. The doctors who are working with the Hospitals Management Board (HMB), Ministry of Health and the Local Government Service in a letter dated 14th May 2014, thanked Fayemi for the payment of specialist allowance to consultants and the approval of 80% Internal Revenue retention by facilities. In the letter co-signed by the State Chairman of the Association, Dr Joseph Ogunseye and…
Ekiti is a land of honour. The enduring characteristics of the people are hard work, loyalty, integrity. and fanatical opposition to any form of injustice. Their nightmare started in 2003 with PDP’s subversion of these cherished values. The coming election is therefore between forces of darkness that is determined to bring back the nightmare we experienced between 2003 and 2010, and forces of light which Fayemi’s administration represents. Let us remember where the rain started beating us. As a people who never play Brutus, Ekitis don’t betray friends and benefactors. To them honour is everything. In contemporary times, two of…
Agba o si ni ilu, ilu baje, bale le ku, ile da horo. Imado iba se bi elede a balu je, eru iba joba eeyan o bakukan.” These are two Yoruba proverbs that capture my feeling about the Ekiti forthcoming election. If there are no elders in Ekiti to speak the truth, our state will become a deserted state without a future. If we allow brutes to take over our government, then we cannot expect progress.If a slave becomes king, no free born person would remain. The Yoruba people are a culturally wise people and this is why we have…
The crowd that came to receive the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Flag bearer, Dr Kayode Fayemi, during a campaign tour of Odo-Ayedun, Ikole LGA. Now kitted with an official car and a driver, who, probably could become maniacal on the road if need be, and a photographer to boot, courtesy of the Chief Press Secretary, YinkaOyebode, I was ready to roll. I finally had my first tete-a-tete with Governor KayodeFayemi after the day’s campaign at around 8 pm, the following day of my arrival. I shared my little campaign experience so far with the governor. He said a few…