Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, is upbeat that the June 21 governorship election in the state will not be mired in arithmetic permutations, which blighted the 2009 rerun governorship election. She exuded confidence in the ability of her husband, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to record landslide victory in the coming election, which she said would leave the gap between him and his next opponent at nothing less than half a million votes. The governor’s wife spoke at Ido-Ekiti, headquarters of Ido-Osi Local Government, where she performed the earth-breaking and site inspection for the neighbourhood market under construction in…
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L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Governor Kayode Fayemi; Commissioner For Education Science and Tecnology, Kehinde Ojo and a Participant, Mrs. Morakinyo Bosede, at the closing Ceremony/ Presentation Certificates to the Participant of the 2013 Cluster Schools Model For Teachers’ Professional Development Training Programme, in Ado-Ekiti. Teachers in Ekiti State have faulted attempts by some politicians to make cheap political points from the educational policies of the state government, saying that they trust that the efforts of the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration are geared towards repositioning the state’s education sector. The teachers made this position known in Ado…
L-R: Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Ilejemeje Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairman, Prince Bamigboye Adegoroye; Owa Iludun of Iludun-Ekiti, Oba Joseph Akinola; and a market leader, Mrs. Victoria Falodun, during the earth-breaking and inspection of neighbourhood market site, at Iye-Ekiti, Ekiti State government has begun the construction of modern neighbourhood markets across the sixteen local governments of the state, estimated around N2 billion. The project is in fulfillment of the promise made through the Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, about two months ago when she toured markets across the state to empower traders. The wife…
R-L; Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Commissioner for Health, Prof. Shola Fasuba; Special Adviser on Public Private Partnership, Mr. Segun Ologunleko; during the pre-meeting for the bidding process of the construction of a $ 3.5 million Standard diagnostic Centre in Ekiti State. No fewer than 12 national and international investors have arrived Ekiti State to participate in the bidding process for the construction of a $3.5 million standard diagnostic centre being proposed by the state government to further improve healthcare service delivery in the State. The diagnostic centre which will also help the Funmi Olayinka diagnostic centre perform optimally…
Late Mr. Segun Okeowo Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed regret on the death of the former President of the defunct National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS), Mr. Segun Okeowo. Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, described Okeowo’s death as the end of an era of a freedom fighter whose legacy inspired future generations to the defence of the rights of the oppressed. He said Okeowo’s place in the annals of the nation’s history is forever secured with championing the cause of the Nigerian students in his capacity as NUNS leader during the…
Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi represented by his deputy, Prof Modupe Adelabu, cutting the tape to flag off the distribution of textbooks and other instructional materials to basic schools. With her are from left: Special Adviser to the Governor on Government House, Mrs. Kehinde Daramola; Chairman, Teaching Service Commission Chief Bayo Adeniran and Education Commissioner Mr. Kehinde Ojo. Ekiti State Governor Dr. Kayode took another towards the actualisation of his administration’s education and human capital development agenda. He flagged off the distribution of textbooks and instructional materials to public schools in the state. The beneficiaries are pupils in the basic education…
S/N ACTIVITY DATE REMARKS 1 Notice of Election 3rd March Section 30(1) of the Electoral Act 2010 provides not later than 90 days before the election. 2 Commencement of Campaign by political parties 23rd March Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act 2010 provides not later than 90 polling days. 3 Collection of forms for the election by political parties at INEC Headquarters 1st April To enable political parties to submit names of their candidates in a prescribed format 4 Last date for conduct of party primaries including resolution of disputes arising from the primaries 14th April To enable…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Middle); flanked by the Team Leader, Deputy Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, (AFCSC), Jaji, Rear Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (3rd Right); Team Coordinator, Group Capt. Kehinde Adebayo (3rd Left); with State Exco-Members and Participants of Course 36, AFCSC, during a courtesy to the Governor, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has described as worrisome the revenue formula which gives bulk of the resources to the central government at the expense of the federating units which generate the resources, saying that this shows that the nation runs a pseudo- federalism. The…
Dr Kayode Fayemi Following the release of the Elections Timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has formally expressed his intention to seek re-election into the exalted office of the governor of Ekiti State for a second term just as he named key officials of his re-election campaign. In a Press Statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday 26, January 2014 and personally signed by the Governor, Fayemi said: “following the groundswell of support by leaders and members of our party as well as the generality of Ekiti people from the nooks and crannies…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; her husband, Governor Kayode Fayemi; founder, Afe Babalola University, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN; and Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshimhole, at a Mega Rally, in Commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of Governor Fayemi administration, in Ado-Ekiti. It is no longer news that Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, had marked his three years of unprecedented achievements in the state. To mark the three years of the advent of his government, he commissioned over 1,000 landmark projects. Apparently impressed by the level of achievements…