L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; former vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; and National Deputy Chairman, South-West, All Progressives Congress, APC, Engr. Segun Oni, during the inauguration of Oba Adejugbe Hospital, as part of events commemorating the 4th anniversary of the Fayemi Administration, in Ado-Ekiti. Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Monday inaugurated the 300-bed Oba Adejugbe General Hospital, Ado Ekiti, built by the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration; saying that the Governor’s feat is an indication that Nigeria needs devolution of power to the states in order for state governments to perform optimally. The Former Vice President who…
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As part of activities marking the fourth anniversary of the Dr Kayode Fayemi administration, the Governor will be leading other prominent citizens of the state to commission projects at the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, October 5, 2014. Projects to be commissioned include the Pharmacology/ Biochemistry Building; Medical Students Hostels and a two-kilometer road. Rivers State Governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi will be special Guest of Honour at the event which commences by 10am. Ekiti State Government Press Release
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said that his administration is bequeathing a virile, professional and dynamic civil service that would serve as the main driver of sustainable development to the incoming administration in the State. The Governor said this in Ado Ekiti on Thursday during the inauguration of eight newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in the State that the civil service would serve as the bastion of institutional memory in order to ensure that the strides of the present and previous administrations would become a leverage for successive governments. Dr Fayemi stated that the Civil Service Transformation Strategy Policy…
Protocols Today marks another historic event in Ekiti State and indeed Nigeria as the State formally launches YESSO in demonstration of our commitment to the constructive engagement of our teeming youths in productive ventures. This is in furtherance of our determination to combat poverty frontally. No doubt, YESSO will further complement our various interventions at instituting an enduring and well structured poverty reduction strategy in Ekiti State. At the inauguration of this Administration in October 2010, various initiatives were put in place to create wealth and provide employment opportunities for the youth in our dear State such as the Ekiti…
Late Mrs Oluremi Oyo Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described the death of former presidential spokesperson, Mrs. Oluremi Oyo, as a great loss to the state and Nigeria as a whole. The Governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode, said Mrs. Oyo’s death is a bitter pill to swallow at this critical period in the history of the state and the country. Fayemi said the death of the former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has robbed Ekiti of yet another shining star at a period the state is yet…
Following their successful performances at the just concluded interview, His Excellency, the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of the following officers as Permanent Secretaries in the State Civil Service with immediate effect. They are: 1) Mr E.O. Owolabi 2) Mrs G.I. Fadipe 3) Engr. S.O. Komolafe 4) Mr. Ojo Olabanji 5) Mr Ale J.A. 6) Mrs Akindele Olabisi A. 7) Mr Adunmo Ojo Stephen 8) Mr Folorunso James Babasola The swearing in ceremony will hold at the Jibowu Hall, Government House grounds on Thursday, October 2, 2014, by 3pm. Ekiti State Government Press…
EKITI HAS COME OF AGE Remarks by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria on the occasion of the Independence Day Celebrations / State Merit Awards / Launch of Ekiti Parapo Square Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Protocols Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, today is a great day in the land of honour, Ekiti State. This is a day we reflect on where we are coming from as a people, and contemplate on our future, with due consideration of our current struggles. I am therefore delighted that we are today hosting a true Nigerian hero and an…
POST HUMOUS 1. Late Prof. J. Ade Ajayi (A world – Class Professor of History) 2. Late Prof. Adegoke Olubummo (The First Nigerian Professor of Mathematics) 3. Late Chief Ezekiel Bejide Bankole (The First Nigerian University Librarian) 4. Chief Elemure Ogunyemi (An Exponent of Ekiti Kete Native Music) ACADEMIC & RESEARCH 5. Prof. Philomena Ikulayo (A foremost Educationist and an Icon of Sports Administration) 6. Prof. Wuraola Shokunbi (Erudite Scholar & Consultant Haematologist) 7. Dr Hallowed Oluwadara Olaoluwa (Africa’s Youngest PhD (Maths) and Nigeria’s Youngest PhD Holder) CULTURE& TRADITION 8. Dr…
African Youngest PhD degree holder, Dr Hallowed Oluwadara Olaoluwa, is among 29 distinguished Ekiti sons and daughters that would be honoured with the state’s merit award in the 2014 edition of the annual event billed for Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. The Ekiti State born Dr Olaoluwa stormed the academic world earlier in the year when he bagged his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Lagos at the age of 24 years old, considered the youngest ever in the Continent. He will be receiving the award in the academic and research category. According to a statement by the…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed sadness on the death of THIS Day correspondent in the state, Alhaji Toba Suleiman. Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode, described the death of Suleiman as “very shocking, unbelievable and demoralizing”. The Governor described Suleiman as a courageous, resourceful, objective and hard working journalist who contributed immensely to the media profession. He said Suleiman brought his over twenty year experience in journalism to bear in covering critical issues in the Ekiti polity in the last eight years of practice in the Land of Honour. Fayemi said…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi with the widows of the slain former chairman of NURTW, Omolafe Aderiye, Kehinde (left) and Funmilayo (right) and other family members when the governor paid a condolence visit to the residence of the late drivers’ union leader in Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has told Nigerians to hold Mr. Ayo Fayose, the State Governor-elect, liable for the current crisis in the State; saying that the State has been relatively peace until Fayose’s attack on judges and disruption of court proceedings during the week. The Governor raised this alarm while assessing the level…
The Ekiti State Government has announced a dusk to dawn curfew in the State as parts of measures aimed at curtailing the current crisis in the State. Announcing the curfew in a State-wide broadcast on Friday, the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi said there would be restriction in movement between 7pm and 7am everyday till further notice. The Governor who has also suspended his Thank You tour of the State urged the citizenry to be vigilant and provide security agencies with details of suspicious activities that can undermine the peace of the State. While calling on all stakeholders in the…
Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu (middle) cutting the tape to inaugurate a 5-Kilometre Road at Oluti – Arigidi Street, Ise-Ekiti… yesterday. With her are: the wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi (2nd right), Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, (right) and the Caretaker Chairman of Ise/Orun Local Government, Mr. Deji Ajayi (2nd left). The strategic implementation of the Eight-Point Agenda of the Governor Kayode Fayemi administration continued yesterday to draw encomiums from communities across Ekiti States, even as the governor visited three local government areas and a Local Council Development Area (LCDA). The…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has thrown the allegation of financial misappropriation levelled against him by the opposition party in the State in the waste bin saying that he is not moved by lies and blackmails of the opposition politicians. Fayemi who was addressing a mammoth crowd of citizens who had come to welcome him during his tour of Ekameta, Efon, Okemesi/Ido- Ile, Ijero and Irede Council areas on Wednesday, stated that he had kept a clean record as governor in the State. He added that the opposition’s accusations that he is stealing from the State treasury does not…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that he is always ready to give account of how he managed the finances of the State in the last four years of his administration. The Governor who was addressing citizens during his Thank You tour of Ajoni , Ekiti South East, Ekiti East, Ayekire and Gbonyin council areas of the state on Tuesday, said he had managed the finances of the State with integrity and this was why the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had no reason to come to the State since he became Governor in…
The Government of Ekiti State has condemned Monday’s attack on judges, lawyers , litigants and workers at the premises of the State High Court where two cases involving the Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose and the Ekiti social group, E-eleven and Citizens’ Popular Party (CPP) was being heard. The government which viewed the invasion of the hoodlums believed to be supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as “an unwarranted desecration of the temple of justice”, also blamed the escalation of the crises on the nonchalant attitude displayed by policemen at the court premises. The Government in a statement said it…
Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee, 4th Anniversary, JKF Administration, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu; flanked by a Committee member, Dr. (Mrs.) Eniola Ajayi (Left); and Commissioner for Special Duties, Chief Wole Adewunmi, during a Press Conference, ahead of the forthcoming anniversary, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, will on Monday commence a Thank-You Tour to all the 16 Local Government Areas and 19 Local Council Development Areas of the state to kick-start activities marking the fourth anniversary of his administration. No fewer than 60 projects including the legacy projects scattered in the 35 council areas would be commissioned by the…
Address by His Excellency Dr. Kayode FAYEMI Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria at the State Commendation Service Emeritus Professor Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi (Sunday, May 26, 1929 – Saturday, August 9, 2014) Thursday, September 18, 2014 Protocols May I start by once again condoling with Mama, Mrs. Christie Ade-Ajayi, the children, as well as the entire family, friends and well wishers of our dearly beloved Emeritus Professor Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, now late, on the sad occasion of his demise. It is with a deep sense of loss that I take on the task of addressing this gathering…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; receiving New Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Police Command, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, during a courtesy call on the Governor, in Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that his administration would not relent in its effort at giving the state police command maximum support to maintain peace and reduce crime to the barest minimum. Fayemi made the pledge on Tuesday while receiving the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the state command, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Ado-Ekiti. The Governor, who described crime…
The Transition Committee put in place by the Ekiti State Government to organise the October 16th inauguration of the new administration in the state commenced work on Monday with its inaugural meeting. The transition committee which is made up of some top functionaries of the incumbent administration and nominees of the Governor-elect, at the meeting, promised to work together harmoniously in the overall interest of Ekiti people. The Chairman of the Committee and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji (Dr) Ganiyu Owolabi, inaugurated the committee on behalf of the state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi at the Executive Council Chambers…