Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has said that Governor Kayode Fayemi’s second coming as Ekiti State Governor was not a happenstance but a grand design by God to achieve a purpose.
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Fayemi spoke when he received the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Ado-Ekiti.
Speaking during a working visit to Ado Ekiti, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, said there was no going back on the amount submitted to the Federal Government by labour.
The second edition of Ekiti SWAN Tennis Cup Competition will hold on December 5, the state chairman of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Ayodeji Ogunsakin, said on Thursday.
The Senate Committee, led by the Chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya, was received on behalf of the governor by his deputy, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi.
My attention has been drawn to announcements on radio in Ekiti State and publications on Social Media, suggesting my invitation to appear before the Fact-Finding Committee set up by the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on the activities of the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State BSES), owners of Ekiti Radio 91.5FM and Ekiti Television (EKTV).
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has raised the alarm over the influx of suspected political thugs into the state as the by-election for Ekiti, Irepodun and Isin Federal Constituency approaches.
The Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned against “plot’’ to use the police as a tool to intimidate voters and rig the Irepodun/Ekiti/Oke-Ero/Isin Federal Constituency by-election in Kwara scheduled for Saturday.
Olayinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, says the state government will ensure regular payment of salaries.
The Ekiti State Government has concluded plans to set up a knowledge city as a hallmark and a way of showcasing the intellectual trade mark of Ekiti people.
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has again told President Muhammadu Buhari to face governance and stop complaining, saying: “When he was seeking votes of Nigerians, he never said he was coming to complain. Rather, he promised to fix what he claimed to have identified as the problems.
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Thursday ordered the immediate cancellation of the allocation of over 800 shops at the multi-billion naira new Oja Oba Market in Ado Ekiti.
The position of the state government was made known in a statement on Wednesday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode.
Speaking in Afao Ekiti on Wednesday during his tour of The Gifted Academy built by the Ayo Fayose-led government, Dr. Fayemi stated that though he may not agree with his predecessor on the rationale behind the establishment of some projects, abandoning those projects would amount to wasting the resources of Ekiti State.
The witness said this as INEC opened its defence before the tribunal, sitting in FCT High Court Apo, in the petition brought by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the election, Prof. Olusola Kolapo, challenging the declaration of Fayemi as the winner of the election.
The former governor described the planned increment as a way of taking back of whatever that is added to workers salary as minimum wage increment.
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has decried the poor state of the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resorts, owing to deliberate abandonment of the facility by the immediate past administration.
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with three state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress from the South West geopolitical zone at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
The Governor will be accompanied on the week-long tour by top government functionaries and heads/supervisors of relevant projects.
Also inaugurated was a Fact Finding Committee for the state’s Broadcasting Service.