Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi on Friday, declared a 7pm to 7am curfew in the state. The declaration comes after thugs took to the streets on Friday morning, burning houses and lootings wares from shops. Fayemi made the declaration during a state broadcast. Although it is not clear what led to the early morning protests…
One Dead in Ekiti Violence
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were on Sunday attacked by the Police during the party’s campaign in preparation for the gubernatorial election on June 21, 2014. “You have killed one person, whose interest are you protecting,” Fayemi challenged Felix Uyanna, commissioner of police Ekiti State command…
I Want to Banish Poverty in Ekiti State – Governor Fayemi
– Governor Fayemi For some, he is a “dogged, committed leader whose style of leadership is by example.” Yet for some others, “he is a forthright and upright person, a committed Ekiti indigene who is passionate about Ekiti’s development.” As far as Folorunsho Aluko, Director-General, Ekiti State Job Creation and Employment Agency, is concerned, Dr.…
An Uncommon First Lady
Nigerians, in the last three decades, have seen many first ladies in action in their respective states, but Bisi Fayemi, with her social welfare schemes, has set the bar higher in Ekiti The picture of Bisi Fayemi, First Lady of Ekiti State, and her husband, Kayode Fayemi, in kitchen apparel, dishing out food to elderly…
Making Poverty History in Ekiti
As governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi is one leader who is not interested in making temporary impacts but one working assiduously to ensure sustainable growth in the state where he has vowed to make poverty history For some reasons, he is like a prophet, though not in the religious sense. But when it comes…
Ekiti Peaceful Under Fayemi
– Adewale Omirin, Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly What do you think is responsible for the cordial relationship that exists between the executive and legislative arms of government in Ekiti State? You see anywhere you find the House of Assembly being at loggerheads with the executive, such a state would suffer a lack of…
Housing For All In Ekiti State
Adeyemi Ope Akeju,Programme Director, Ekiti Homes Agenda, speaks with Adejuwon Soyinka, deputy general editor; Anthony Akaeze, senior assistant editor; Abiola Odutola, staff writer; and Sunday Adedeji, senior photo editor, on why the Fayemi administration embarked on the building of mass housing units across the state. What informed the idea of mass housing projects, often associated with…
‘We’ve Empowered Many Ekiti Indigenes’
Folorunsho Aluko, Director-General, Ekiti State Job Creation and Employment Agency, in this interview with Adejuwon Soyinka, deputy general editor; Anthony Akaeze, senior assistant editor; Abiola Odutola, staff writer; and Sunday Adedeji, senior photo editor, reveals how the agency has fared in the last three and half years and the number of people that have benefited from…
Our Free Health Care Is Second to None
– Prof. Olusola Fasuba, Commissioner for Health What is the driving philosophy behind the provision for free health care in Ekiti State under this administration? I think by the time Dr John Kayode Fayemi was planning to become the Governor of Ekiti State, he knew the terrain, he knew how poor the region is and this is…
Improving the Health of the People
With a unique free health care and welfare package for elders, Ekiti State is second to none in life-friendly policy in Nigeria Governor Kayode Fayemi is not a medical doctor but a war specialist. However, his approach to free health care stands out among other state governors, some of who are medical doctors. The free…
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