Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose (left) advisingan Okada man to always wear his crash element and be careful while riding Ekiti State Governor has again reiterated his commitment and support for commercial motorcyclists in the state, saying for no reason will he ban the okada riders. Addressing members of the Executive members of the Okada riders Union, the Governor directed them to fix a date where he will personally meet with all okada riders to discuss with them. The Governor who maintained that all riders have to register with the State government to check mate activities of men of…
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose has reiterated his resolve to collaborate with Development Partners in the task of achieving economic transformation that will uplift the standard of living of the people resident in the State. Speaking at the 2014 United Nation Development Partnership forum organized in affiliation with the Ekiti Government in Ikogosi Ekiti, Dr Fayose said his administrations objectives are focused on the replacement of poverty and want with plenty and prosperity. The Governor who was represented by his wife, Mrs. Feisetan Fayose at the forum tagged “Building on Our Collective Experience of Development Partnership in Ekiti State”,…
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) in Ekiti State has said that the state chapter of the union has decided not to join the on-going industrial action embarked upon nationwide. In a press statement co-signed by the State chairman of the Union, Comrade Sola Ojo and his Secretary, Comrade Toyin Ofere which was made available in Ado Ekiti, the Union said it decided to back out of thestrike action in deference to the State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, stressing that the decision was borne out of the appeal of the state government and in consideration of the peculiarity of the…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose has called on security personnel to always advise and furnish the State Government with information that will ensure peace and safety for the people of the State. The Governor stated this when he visited the Police Headquarters in Ado-Ekiti to hold a meeting with Police officers towards ensuring adequate security in the State. According to a press statement issued on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the Governor who commended the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Taiwo Lakanu for being professional and dedicated to…
The new Ekiti State Head of Service, Barr Gbenga Faseluka, signing the oath register after being swearing-in, while Gov. Fayose watches The new Head of Service of Ekiti State, Dr. Gbenga Faseluka has assured that the State Civil Service will be repositioned to become a reference point in Nigeria. Faseluka gave the assurance in Ado Ekiti on Monday during his inauguration as the new Head of Service of the State by the State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose that the State workforce under his leadership would be transformed appropriately to enable it discharge its duties to the society. The new Head…
L-R : Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr. KolapoOlusola, President of Ikere Development Forum (IDF), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), IDF Treasurer, Mrs. Yemisi Adefarati and the National Vice President of IDF, Mr. Femi Ekundayo at the IDF Lagos Interaction Meeting Pledges support for governor, deputy. The Ikere Development Forum, (IDF) a socio-cultural group with the sole objective of ensuring the development of Ikere-Ekiti, has extolled Governor Ayodele Fayose for his generosity towards St. Louis Grammar School, describing the gesture as an indication of the governor’s determination to redeem the dwindling fortune of education in the state regarded as the Fountain of…
A cross-section of the officers of the Ekiti StateTraffic Management Agency, (EKSTMA) listening to the Deputy Governor, Dr. Kolapo Olusola in Ado-Ekiti Directs interested officers to re-apply Ekiti State Government has directed officers of the Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency, EKSTMA, who are still interested in the job to reapply for fresh appointment as from 1st December 2014 to enable it correct the anomaly in the recruitment process. The state governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose gave the directive at a meeting he held with the men and officers of the Agency in Ado-Ekiti. The governor, who was represented by his deputy,…
The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Dele Olugbemi, has said there is no illegality in last week’s removal of Dr Adewale Omirin as the speaker of the Assembly. Olugbemi, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday through his media aide, Mr Femi Iroko, also said that the claim by the All Progressives Congress members of the Assembly that Governor Ayo Fayose wanted to turn them to house boys was frivolous. Olugbemi was reacting to the visit of APC lawmakers to the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Najeem Salam, where they described Omirin’s removal…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose Supervising One of the On-Going Road Project in the State. Terminates some for non-performance The Ekiti State government after its maiden executive council on Monday in Ado disclosed that it has awarded the contract for the construction of three new roads in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital to ease traffic congestion that is becoming the order of the day. The Commissioner for Works, Mr. Kayode Oso gave the information while briefing the press on some of the major decisions taken by the executive council in their inaugural meeting held at the EXCO Chambers in the…
About 600,000 children under the age of five years as well as 200,000 pregnant women and nursing mothers are expected to be immunized in Ekiti State during the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week scheduled to commence on today, Monday 24th November , 2014 According to a press statement issued in Ado Ekiti today by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the Director of Primary Health Care in the Ekiti State Primary Health Development Agency, Dr. Joshua Ileke who made this known at a forum in Ado-Ekiti, explained that the exercise would be carried out in…
The Chief Press Secretary to Ekiti State Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, has faulted the claim by the former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, that 18 lawmakers are on his side in the ongoing power tussle in the Assembly. In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, the CPS challenged Omirin to prove the identities of those he is taking around Lagos and calling them members of the Ekiti House of Assembly. He was reacting to the claim by Omirin that 19 members of the Assembly were on one side, while only seven were on the…
The Secretary to the Ekiti State Government (SSG) Dr (Mrs) Modupe Alade has congratulated the new speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Olugbemi, assuring that the state government was prepared to work with him. The SSG called for a cordial working relationship between the new house leadership and the Fayose Administration in order to move the state forward. Dr Alade advised the rest of the honourable members who had gone on self-exile to return to perform what they were elected to do. She added, “they should not stay in exile if truly they were elected.” The SSG…
Ekiti HOS Mr. Olubunmi Famosaya (mni) representing Governor Ayo Fayose, flanked by the representative of UNDP Dr. Asoguo and Director, National planning Commission. The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose has said that his administration would continue to partner with the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and other relevant development partners in the task of making the state better. Speaking in Ado Ekiti while declaring open the 2014 2-day Annual High Level meeting of the network of State Secretariats for Aid Coordination, Governor Fayose who spoke through the State Head of Service, Mr. Olubunmi Famosaya said that the state has…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described self-acclaimed human rights lawyer, Dr Tunji Abayomi as a hypocrite not worthy of the attention sane minds. The governor said; “Nigerians should ask Tunji Abayomi where he was when former Governor Kayode Fayemi used 12 Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) lawmakers to confirm the appointment of Local Government Caretaker Committee in 2010 while the Speaker then, Hon Tunji Odeyemi and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers were in Abuja to meet with the president and the Deputy Speaker, Hon Saliu Adeoti was dead. “ Governor Fayose, who was reacting to the letter titled;…
Ekiti State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of the three Commissioner nominees and approved the appointment of 12 Special Advisers sent to the House by the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose. The three commissioners were, Barr Owoseni Ajayi, Chief Toyin Ojo and Mr Kayode Oso. The House also approved the dissolution and the reconstitution of the transition Commitee in the 16 Local Government Areas as requested by the Executive arm of the Government. Relying on Section 27 of the State standing Order which empowers the House to appoint a Speaker Protempore in the absence of the Speaker and…
PLEDGES TO SUPPORT GIRL CHILD EDUCATION The wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose has said that she would support activities aimed at arousing the interest of the girl child in sciences subject. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti while receiving representatives of the State Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) led by its Chairperson, Mrs. Oluwayomi Osuntokun who were on a courtesy visit to her office, Mrs. Fayose lamented the prevailing poor performance of students in Maths related subjects. The Governor’s wife, who graciously accepted the honor of being the Matron of the Association, assured that she support…
L-R: Corporate Affairs Manager ODUA Investment Company Limited, Mr.Victor Adetoro, Group Managing Director of the Company, Mr. Wale Raji, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose and Project Director, Ire Clay, Mr. Biodun Adedeji, during a courtesy visit on the Governor in Ado-Ekiti The Management of O’dua Investment Company Limited has been called upon to ensure 20 per cent equity, transparency and fair dealings among the five state shareholders. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose made the call when playing host to the Group Managing Director of O’dua, Mr Adewale Raji when he came to brief the Governor on the situation…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Saturday pledged to re-dedicate himself to the service of the people of the state, saying God has given him a rare opportunity to lead his people for the second time. Speaking at a private ceremony to mark his 54th birthday in Ado-Ekiti the governor also prayed that God would give him the needed wisdom, patience, strength and courage to lead the state to the promised land. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor also solicited the support of all and sundry for him to realise the…
Former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has counseled Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, not to allow the opposition distract him from leading the state to greater height. Olanipekun gave the advice in Ado-Ekiti while on a courtesy visit to the governor in his office. In a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, on Tuesday, the former NBA president said Fayose’s victory in last June governorship election was well-deserved. “You are an achiever going by your performance during your first term in office. Your victory in the June 21…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose (2nd right) withthe three beneficiaries of the recent federal civil service appointment. Left – Right are Mr. Atilola Joseph, Miss Morolayo Ajayi, and Mr. Akinlabi Olalekan after Collecting their employment letters from the governor in his office Charges workers to justify their pay Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose on Monday presented letters of appointment to the lucky three indigenes of the state who were recently offered provisional appointment into the federal civil service. Presenting the appointment letters to the beneficiaries, Miss Ajayi Morolayo, Mr. Atilola Akinwalwe and Mr. Akinlabi Olalekan in his…