L-R: Executive Director, Environmental Rights/Friends of The Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and Keynote Speaker, Prof. Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara, at the 6th Annual Consultation on Environment, in Ado-Ekiti. The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, at the Sixth Annual National Consultation on the Environment, organised by the Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), advocated for the proper environmental governance in the country. Fayemi, who promised that Ekiti State would work assiduously towards achieving this goal, stated that if adequate and sustained efforts were made by the Federal Government and…
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Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State governor, says he wants ‘to do government with the people’ rather than ‘do government to the people.’ This informed the town hall meetings he had with different communities to collate their needs for inclusion in the 2014 appropriation. SULAIMON OLANREWAJU, who witnessed some of the meetings, reports. Development in Africa is stunted as a result of the exclusion of the beneficiaries of developmental efforts from the four key stages of a project viz; research, design, implementation and evaluation. Because leaders have arrogated to themselves the powers to think and decide for the masses, there has…
N Ekiti State, citizen participation in governance appears to be working, as the various communities are making some input into next year’s budget by presenting three projects in order for priority to be included in the fiscal policy now in the works. This was manifest during a recent tour of communities across the state by Governor Kayode Fayemi to inspect or commission some projects undertaken or being undertaken by the communities through the money given to them in the community empowerment programme of government. The policy is geared towards partnering with the people/communities in their development and issues affecting them…
EVERY visit fascinates me. The flashback to my days as a kid growing up in the town. We used to come here to pluck cherry mangoes. We carefully chose our timing. We would go when it rained. Then, the big men and their domestic workers would be nestling in their beds, away from the biting cold that was usually reinforced by the wind from the hills. The caged dogs would bark and bark, apparently angered at their inability to pounce on the intruders. We would climb the mango trees, big red ants tearing away at our skin to create some…
L-R: Executive Director, Environmental Rights Rights/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo; Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; and Keynote Speaker, Prof. Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara, when Fayemi received ERA/FoEN, Social Security and Environmental Protection Award, at the 6th Annual Consultation on Environment, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has been urged to champion the campaign for a national social security law that will cater for the needy in the country, having successfully implemented a social security scheme for the elderly citizens in his state. A non-governmental Nigerian advocacy organization, Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of Earth Nigeria…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the merger of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) with the All Progressives Congress(APC) is a signal that alternation of power at the federal level is imminent. The Governor who stated this in Osogbo, Osun State capital, during the third anniversary of the Rauf Aregbesola administration, stressed that democracy without alternation of power is elected dictatorship hence the need to alternate power so that democracy could be meaningful. While stating that the APC is not the same as the PDP, Fayemi described the All Progressives Congress as a party of progress, development and revolution,…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has reiterated the commitment of the state government to reducing maternal and child mortality as well as actualising the health related Millennium Development Goals in the State. Speaking at the flag off ceremony of the November edition of Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week organized by the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, the Governor asserted that his administration does not believe women or children should die in the course of delivery through preventable causes. Dr Fayemi said government has put in place all the necessary mechanisms to improve health care delivery system such…
As calls for the Sovereign National Conference dominate daily public discourse, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the Federal Government does not need a conference to perform its constitutional duties, saying that the sudden U-turn of the central government is diversionary. Delivering a lecture at the 4th Convocation lecture of the Joseph …
IMPERATIVES FOR A SOVEREIGN NATIONAL DIALOGUE presented by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria at the 4th Convocation Ceremony of the Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU) Monday, November 25, 2013 Protocols I am delighted to be here today at this epochal event. I salute the founders and administrators of this great citadel …
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi at the weekend said Nigerian leaders across all walks of life must begin to mentor young people and help them build a future that they will be proud of. Speaking at the Annual Awards night of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI) held in Lagos, the Governor stated that any …
Traditional ruler in Ekiti State, the Alawe of Ilawe, Oba Ajibade Alabi has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against replicating the hiccups that marred the inconclusive Anambra State governorship election as Ekiti State prepares for her guber election in 2014. Oba Alabi who gave the warning in Ilawe Ekiti while speaking at the …
…Doherty College Old students donate Hostel facilities Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has assured that inter-township roads which are in deplorable state would be given attention in the proposed 2014 budget which inputs are being collated from communities across the state. Speaking at Araromi Ekiti during the 10th day of his town hall meetings …
…As Fayemi launches State Education Program Investment Project The Ekiti State education sector on Thursday received a boost of $10 million as international development partner, the World Bank , announced that the fund is the first tranche of payment to support the State Education Programme Investment Project(SEPIP). The State Government is expecting support from the …
…..as Fayemi holds town hall meetings in Ekiti West LGA More communities on Thursday continued to praise Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, for initiating the Social Security Benefit Scheme for elderly citizens in the state, saying that the scheme has put a check on untimely death of elderly citizens in the communities. Some of …
The Early Childhood Care Development Mega Centre built by Ekiti State government for babies of civil servants at the State Secretariat Complex in Ado-Ekiti, got commendation from the World Bank yesterday. According to the World Bank, the facility will ensure the smooth transition of toddlers from cradle to the primary school. The commendation came through …
Agitations for the return of schools to their original owners heightened on Saturday at Olivet Baptist High School, Oyo, where hundreds of old students of the famous school assembled for their yearly meeting. The old students argued that such measure remained one of the best ways to enhance the standard of education and save the schools from infrastructural decay. …
Provision of car and housing loans, special grants for teachers deployed to rural areas and regular training programmes are parts of incentives announced by Ekiti State government at the weekend for teachers in public schools. Besides, the government said it has a plan to offer a two-bedroom bungalow for any teacher and education manager posted …
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr Kayode Fayemi and other prominent Nigerians on Thursday, at the ongoing Lagos Liveable City Conference, have suggested ways to ensure that Lagos, regarded as world’s third fastest growing mega city, becomes a more liveable city for citizens and immigrants from within and outside Nigeria. Fayemi …
TRIBUTE BY His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria In Honour of BABA OMOJOLA Thursday, November 14, 2013 Baba Oluwide Omojola began his campaign for a better Nigeria at an early age. It was as if he inherited the tradition of the fight for justice. His great grandfather was an icon …
Members of E-11 – an association of Ekiti professionals were yesterday charged to maintain their apolitical status and see the overall development of Ekiti State as their primary focus. The charge was given by Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu when representatives of the group visited her in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. According to …