The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr Olubunmi Olusola – Eleka, was almost killed today by some APC thugs stationed along Odo Oja Area in Ikere Ekiti to ambush him. The Deputy Governor received a call that card reader machines in some polling booths were not functioning. Dr Olubunmi decided to visit the polling booths based on the reports but at Odo Oja Area, some APC thugs who apparently had been stationed there to cause violence in Ikere welcomed the Deputy Governor’s convoy with stones and the security attached to him had to shoot in the air to disperse the hoodlums.…
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Ekiti State Government has offered employment to the widow of the teacher, Mr Akinboye killed by armed robbers on his way to work along Ikere-Ise road early this year. Presenting letter of employment to the widow, Mrs Grace Akinboye, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose noted that the State Government decided to give her a job to support the family left behind by the deceased. The governor who noted that it was pathetic that the man was murdered in cold blood, said he decided to intervene following a letter written by the Academic Union of Secondary Schools (ASUS), saying it…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reiterated his commitment to the welfare of workers in the state, stressing that their salaries remain the priority of his administration. In a State wide broadcast over the allocations that accrue to the state for the month of March, the governor noted that though there was a shortfall, salaries of workers remain sacrosanct. The governor noted that Federal allocation for the month of March was 2.511 billion naira while the Internally Generated Revenue was 300 million naira, totaling 2.811 billion naira. Workers salaries for the month according to the governor stood at about…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose stated this during a visit he made to teachers in Ido-Osi and Moba Local Governments in continuation of his thank you visit to teachers in the 16 Local Government Areas. The Governor who noted that the teachers played a pivotal role to bringing him back to the saddle the second term pledged his commitment to the welfare and training of the teachers. He noted that he will carefully identify the areas teachers can be trained and developed to perform optimally, saying no one under his administration will force teachers to write any exam. He…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose has shown interest in building an entrepreneur development centre in the College of Health Sciences, Ijero Ekiti to encourage skill acquisition among the students. Speaking with the National Board for Technical Education(NBTE) accreditation team to the college in Ado-Ekiti, the Governor noted that skill acquisition is germane to reducing unemployment in the society. According to him, the young generation must be given hope and wirewithal to becoming employers of labour rather than churning them out without nothing to fall back on. He said, in his name, he will build the college to favourably compete…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Peter Ayodele has been described as an excellent performer whose track records in office during his first term in office paved way for his landslide victory in a second attempt. Wife of President of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan stated this while addressing women in Ekiti State as part of campaign activities for the re-election of her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan. Mrs Jonathan who noted that women have thrived under the administration of her husband, commended the state governor for replicating women empowerment at the state level. She noted that Fayose whose administration shares some semblance with…
The royal fathers declared their support for the governor and promised to continue to pray for him till economy of the state improves. The Governor had called all traditional rulers in the state together to intimate them on the financial situation of the state vis a vis the February 2015 allocations. He said, the total sum of 1.7 billion naira came as Federal allocation, IGR for the month of February was 317million naira while the total sum saved for the month was 71million naira, making the total revenue that accrue to the state to be the sum of 2.790 billion…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi do not have moral rights to oppose any move to remove the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega. Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor noted that “asking Jega to go on his mandatory terminal leave is not the same as sacking him; more so that his tenure would lapse in June and he is entitled to three months terminal leave.” He said the APC must…
Youths in Nigeria have been advised to engage in activities that would make positive impacts on the society as well as enhance their individual career development. The Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Information, Youths and Sports Development, Hon. Lanre Ogunsuyi gave the advise when he granted audience to executive council members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in his office in Ado-Ekiti. Ogunsuyi urged youths to imbibe the spirit of hard work and attitudinal change to improve their lots, adding that politics should not be seen as a best employment option for young people. The Special…
Primary School Teachers in Ekiti State have been directed to adhere strictly to the curriculum designed to ensure effective and broad based teaching and learning in schools in the state. The Permanent Secretary of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr. Bolu Ogundare who gave the directive in Ado Ekiti while on a monitoring tour of schools in the state, stressed the commitment of the present administration to the provision of free and qualitative education as enshrined in its six cardinal programme. Mr. Ogundare explained that he embarked on the tour to ensure that teachers are up and doing…