Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (left), presenting a gift and his recently authored book, “Regaining The Legacy” to the Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Peter Carter, during a working visit to the State, in Ado-Ekiti. The British government has assured that it would give support to Ekiti State to enhance the rapid economic development of the State as well as improve the living standard of the people. The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Peter Carter gave the assurance during a courtesy call on the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, saying…
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; acknowledging cheers from workers, after an interactive session with Local Government Employees, in Gboyin LG Secretariat, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has assured local government workers in the state that the arrears of the minimum wage of N19,300 which the State currently pays its workforce will be cleared this month. Speaking during an interactive session with council workers in Gbonyin, Oye, Ikole, Emure and Ekiti East Local Government Councils on Wednesday, and their colleagues in Ekiti West, Efon and Ijero Ekiti Local Government areas on Thursday, the Governor stated that machinery has been…
Let me begin with Chinweizu, the non-conformist pan- African intellectual who wrote The West and the Rest of Us, a lucid, penetrating and fierce critique of the imperial conquest and enslavement of Africa. In October 1990, Chinweizu published Anatomy of Female Power,a book he described as amasculinist dissection of matriarchy. Echoing Esther Vilar’s The Manipulated Man, he argues with passion and wit in this book that men may rule the world, but women rule the men who rule the world. According to him: ‘’There are five conditions which enable women to get what they want from men: women’s control of…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has admonished Ekiti men that the signing of the Equal Opportunities Bill into Law does not translate to equal responsibility between men and women. He said this just as his Wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, warned that the country’s development will continue to be retarded and its security under perennial threat except the vulnerable members of the society were adequately catered for. They spoke after the governor signed the Equal Opportunities Bill (EOB) initiated by his wife into Law in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Tuesday. The governor’s wife and the Commissioner for…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe; Chairman, Sawmillers Association of Nigeria, Ekiti State Chapter, Mr. John Okunrojifa; and Commissioner for Environment, Dr. (Mrs.) Eniola Ajayi, during a donation of buses to the Association, shortly after a programme on the Inception Review of Forestry Law/Governance, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Government has received the support of the European Union/Food and Agricultural Organisation to the tune of $57,661 for the review of Forestry Law and Governance. The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi made this known in Ado Ekiti at the inception programme on the Review of…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu (middle), beaming with smile while Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (right) and the Director General, Centre for Black African Arts & Culture (CBAC), Lagos, Prof. Tunde Babawale exchange pleasantries at the Colloquium organised to celebrate EKIFEST 2013 at Adetiloye Hall, Trade Fair Complex, Ado-Ekiti. The adoption of mother tongue as the mode of communication and the use of traditional attire by children in Yoruba land took the centre stage at a colloquium Deputy Chairman Professor Modupe Adelabu, who chaired the event urged parents to encourage their children to always use their…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Right), presenting the 2014 Appropriation Budget to the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N103.882 billion for the 2014 financial year, with water supply gulping the lion share. The budget which is christened “Budget of Stability and Growth” is to be sourced from statutory allocation, VAT, Excess crude proceed, Internally Generated Revenue, External Grants, MDGs Conditional Grant scheme, reimbursement on federal roads, ecological fund, bond, FAAC augmentation and transfer from prior fiscal year. Presenting the appropriation…
BUDGET OF STABILITY AND GROWTH FY 2014 Budget Speech by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria on the occasion of the Presentation of the FY 2014 Budget Proposal to the Ekiti State House of Assembly Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Protocols It is with great pleasure and pride that I welcome you all to the presentation of the Budget Proposal for the Financial Year 2014. First and foremost, permit me to thank God Almighty who has made it possible for me to be here in person to deliver the last budget speech…
The most memorable moments of life’s varied encounters sometimes come without a force or fanfare. But as events unfold years later, we come to recognise their landmark nature and what truly defined them. Such was my first chanced meeting with the former governor of Lagos State, the icon of democracy, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 1993. It remains an unforgettable scenario which was replicated later with the current, highly resourceful governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi. One can still vividly recall that I was just settling down at The Guardian Newspaper. It was during one of the most…
L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda; Governor Kayode Fayemi; Ruman Rights Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falan, SAN; and Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji (Dr) Ganiyu Owolabi, during the Presentation of Legal Advisory on the Creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ekiti State. Ekiti State Government on Monday began the process for the creation of Local Council Development Authorities (LCDA) in the state with the submission of a legal document by the Justice Ministry to Governor Kayode Fayemi, detailing the various steps to be taken in actualising it…