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…