Supporting his stance, Fayemi said various experiments have shown that students who study in their mother tongue are better equipped than those taught in a second language
Browsing: Governor Kayode Fayemi
The royal father also lauded Fayemi for making Ogun Onire Festival a UNESCO cultural heritage site and tarring one kilometre township road in the community under the administration’s construction of five kilometres road in all the 16 local government areas
Fayemi, who is also a member of the board, said the exercise was meant to address the critical challenge of lack of skilled manpower in the nation’s power sector
The governors were: Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State; Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State; Ibukunle Amosu, Ogun State; Rauf Aregbesola, Osun State; and Abiola Ajumobi, Oyo State
Handing out the keys of the cars to the magistrates at the premises of the state High Court complex, Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said there are enormous challenges ahead of the judiciary, adding that efforts must be made to protect the integrity of that arm of government so that their work will measure up to the expectations of the citizenry
Fayemi, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode, said although losing Mama Fajuyi at this time is painful, he is consoled that the deceased lived a fulfilled life
Representatives of the benefitting communities as well as their traditional rulers were in joyful mood as they filed out to receive their checks
Osundare, who delivered a keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the first Ikogosi Graduate Summer School, holding at the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort, Ikogosi-Ekiti, also described Fayemi as the "author of new book of change in Ekiti"
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing here today is the fruition of the ideas we discussed several months ago; I must therefore thank the Directors of the school once again for their persistence in following through with the vision. I also offer my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Niyi Osundare, a distinguished Professor at the University of New Orleans for accepting to give the keynote speech, it is a very rare privilege to have you here in person to share your insights and I am grateful for the honour
He said he would run for another term to consolidate on the “good works”, which his administration had embarked on since 2010
The governor, in a broadcast to the people of the state late on Sunday, said his court victory has compelled him to face the task of banishing poverty from Ekiti State with greater vigour, adding that the judgment has also strengthened him to accelerate the throttle of delivery to the populace
The altercation between the two men was over Fayemi’s pronouncement that he would probe the administration of Oni
Reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, Fayose said: “Oni has fought a good fight and history will be on your side as a gallant and dogged fighter
Uduaghan said what he offered to do was to be the agent of the two candidates for the election – Governors Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau State
Fayemi said distorting the events at the election would not be enough to justify the setting up of a parallel group by those canvassing the Jang leadership
Fayemi said that the 35 governors present at the NGF meeting where the election took place voted
The development was first exclusively reported by The Eagle Online on Saturday morning
Impeccable sources in the government circle in Ekiti State told The Eagle Online that Adelabu was the preferred choice of the state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and the leadership of the ruling party in the state, the Action Congress of Nigeria
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s approval on the establishment of a Military Base in the state, said the proposed installation of surveillance camera, which operation would first begin in Ado-Ekiti, will help security agencies in tracking and curbing crime
Fayemi, who made this known shortly after an inspection tour of the
newly-completed Awedele Neighbourhood Market, in Awedele area of the
state capital, on Wednesday, said the gesture will be replicated in
the headquarters of all the local government areas in the state