INTRODUCTION Guidelines made pursuant to section 16 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended). Issuance of voters’ Cards is the responsibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The proprietary right in the voters’ cards is vested in INEC. 2.0 ABOUT THE PVC • Smart card-based Voter ID; • Stores voter’s information such as bio-data, biometrics and facial image; • The card technology provides adequate security features to reduce vulnerability to counterfeiting • The PVC shall be used for identification and authentication of voters during elections3.0 WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO COLLECT PVC? A person is eligible to collect PVC if he/she:-…
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L-R: Ekiti State delegates to the National Conference, Dr. Kunle Olajide; Prof. Akin Oyebode; Prof. (Mrs.) Olabisi Aina; Chairman, State Council of Obas, Oba Adamo Babalola; Governor Kayode Fayemi; Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Speaker, ESHA, Hon. Adewale Ominrin ; leader of the delegation, Chief Deji Fasuan; and Bishop, Catholic Dioceses of Ekiti, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaye, during courtesy visit by the team to the Governor, in Ado-Ekiti.. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has explained that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled states will be participating in the national conference “out of a sense of nationalistic responsibility”. The Governor who…
The Ekiti State Government has petitioned the State House of Assembly on what it perceived as the manipulation of proceeds of earnings into the Federation Account and calls for a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) account. The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, while addressing the State’s House of Assembly on the financial situation in the country and its implication on Ekiti State in Ado Ekiti on Monday, stated that the NNPC has continuously failed to fully account and remit proceeds of all oil exports into the Federation Account even as the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)…
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. Elder statesman and former Justice of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN) has commended Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi for initiating the Social Security Scheme for the Elderly, saying that the Governor is a perfect replica of late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo who was a…
L-R: Commissioner for Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye; Special Adviser to Kwara State Governor on Communication, Hon. Rahim Adedoyin; and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, during the opening session of the 3rd South-West Regional Integration Programme, hosted by Ekiti State, in Ado-Ekiti. The Ekiti State Government has vowed not to relent in its fight to banish poverty and unemployment from the State by giving support to the growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the State. The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi made the vow in Ado Ekiti at the 3rd South-West Regional Integration programme…
L-R: A Board Member of Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency, Chief Mopelola Akerele; Zonal Coordinator (South-West), Network of People Living With HIV and AIDS in Nigeria, Mr. Sikiru Jinadu; Project Manager, EKSACA, Dr. Charles Doherty; Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; and Chairperson, House of Assembly Committee on HIV/AIDS, Hon. Wunmi Ogunlola, during the distribution of empowerment materials to NEPWHAN members, in Ado-Ekiti. Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has distributed another set of empowerment materials worth over N5m to 108 People Living With HIV/AIDS in the state. The First Lady, who is also the Chairperson of…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed shock on the massacre of students at Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State on Tuesday by suspected terrorists. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, described the mass slaughter of innocent students as ungodly, barbaric, brutal, animalistic and inhuman. Dr. Fayemi regretted the gory treatment meted out to leaders of tomorrow who were killed where they had gone to acquire knowledge they needed to be useful to the society. He urged the authorities concerned to investigate the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of soldiers from the…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, addressing a gathering of Commercial Motorcycle (Okada) riders, who paid him a solidarity visit at his Oke Bareke office, Ado-Ekiti. Commercial motorcyclists numbering thousands, on Wednesday, stormed Ekiti State Governor’s Office to declare their support for the re-election of Governor Kayode Fayemi ahead of the June 21gubernatorial election in the State. The motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders, led by their State Chairman, Mr Adebo Olu-Martins said they are giving support to Fayemi to continue “the good works” because he has transformed the transport sector by providing well-tarred road network across the State and this…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has forwarded to President Goodluck Jonathan a list of the state’s nominees to the National Conference. The list was contained in a letter addressed to President Jonathan and dated February 19th, 2014. The Ekiti delegation include: International Law expert, Prof Akin Oyebode; Prof (Mrs) Bisi Aina; Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev’d Felix Ajakaye ; elder statesman and chairman of defunct Movement for Ekiti State Creation, Chief Oladeji Fasuan ; Secretary, Yoruba Unity Group, Dr Kunle Olajide and Chairman, Ekiti State Council of traditional rulers, HRM, Oba Idowu Adamo Babalola. According to the Governor’s…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday played host to Executive Management Team of Champion Newspapers Limited (CNL) led by Group Managing Director (GMD), MRS. NWADIUTO IHEAKANWA. On the team also were the Executive Director, Publications/Operations, MR. SAM IBEMERE; General Manager, Publications/Chairman, Editorial Board, MR. SIMON IBE and the State Correspondent, VICTOR OGUNJE. He fielded questions from the team on various issues including governance in the state and other national issues after formally receiving a letter of CNL’s Award of ‘Governor of the Year 2013’. Excerpts: Leadership has been viewed from different prisms. Could you share with us your…