Browsing: Dr. Kayode Fayemi

Inaugurating the steering committee in Ado Ekiti, Governor Fayemi explained that the Knowledge Zone was created because the state needed “to step out of the shadows, let go of yesterday’s strategies and leap into the future with new processes, new approaches to solving our problem

At the dinner were the Deputy Governor, Professor Modupe Adelabu, the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Adetunji Orisalade, Secretary to the State Government, Dr Ganiyu Owolabi, the Co-Director of the Summer School, Dr Wale Adebanwi, Dr Ebenezer Obadare, Professor Adetola Alabi of Mississippi State University, USA and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Policy and Strategy, Dr Femi Akinola, members of the state assembly and the state executive council

The statement by Oyebode reads: “The attention of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has been drawn to false and misleading news items being published by some newspapers regarding the health condition of the State’s Deputy Governor, Mrs Funmi Olayinka as well as the misrepresentation of the meeting between the Governor and Mrs Olayinka’s elder brother, Chief Olusegun Famuagun, the Sasere of Ado Ekiti

Describing 2013 as Ekiti’s Year of Empowerment and Consolidation, Fayemi stated that the year will witness wealth creation through the provision of a conducive environment for job creation, youth and women empowerment, among others