NAMES SSG, COS, CPS Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has announced his first set of appointments. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, the Governor named Mr Abiodun Oyebanji as Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The Governor also named Mr Biodun Omoleye as Chief of Staff to the Governor, and Mr Yinka Oyebode […]

Speech by: His Excellency Dr. J. Kayode Fayemi, CON Governor of Ekiti State at the INAUGURATION OF THE KAYODE FAYEMI-ADMINISTRATION (2018 – 2022) Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria PROTOCOLS AND INTRODUCTIONS • Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. This land is ours; with all its glory, beauty, danger and chaos; This land is […]

Ekiti State was carved out of old Ondo State in 1996 by the then Head of State, General Sani Abacha. The state is largely agrarian. In other words, agriculture is the mainstay of the state economy and it employs 75 per cent of the state working population. The current population of the state is put […]

Governor-elect of  Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, unveils his post-inauguration priorities in this interview with SUNDAY ABORISADE What informed your decision to join the governorship contest barely three months to the election when many people thought you were no longer interested in the race? It is true that I came into the race relatively late but don’t […]

The Governor  Kayode Fayemi Inauguration Lecture,  Monday, October 15, 2018.   By   Niyi  Osundare   Let us begin by deliberating on the choice and import of the word “still” in the above title. A temporal, somewhat contrastive adverb, the word carries connotations of the relationship between time past and time present, with possible implications […]