Ekiti State Governor

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has ordered the immediate dissolution of the boards of government agencies, parastatals and corporations in the state.

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says it is not against the upward review of the minimum wage.

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Wednesday abolished the education tax introduced by the government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose in all primary and secondary schools.

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has announced the immediate scrapping of education development levy being paid by students of public and private schools in the state.

The event, held at the popular new Iyin Road, Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, was graced by state governors, chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC), ministers, as well as friends, and well-wishers.

Ayodele Fayose, immediate past Ekiti State governor, on Tuesday turned himself in at the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The move was in compliance with an invitation extended to him by the anti-graft agency.

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has announced his first set of appointments.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the people of Ekiti state made a right choice by electing Dr. Kayode Fayemi as governor in the July 14, 2018 governorship poll in the state, saying the state will experience rapid development and reclaims its past glory under the new helmsman.

The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Senate President Bukola Saraki as the director-general of his campaign organisation, according to a report.

The Ekiti Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday said that measures had been put in place to ensure a free flow of traffic on Tuesday during the inauguration of the state’s governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in Ado-Ekiti.

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, on Sunday wept as he left the state for Abuja to honour his date with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Ahead of the inauguration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi as the new governor of the state slated for Tuesday next week, the outgoing Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday departed from the state, urging the people of the state not to worry about him but to trust in God for a better future for him and the state.

Wife of the Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, on Saturday, surprisingly visited the outgoing governor, Ayodele Fayose, at the Government House.

A dinner party organised on Friday night by the outgoing Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose to round-off his tenure in office was shunned by the expected crowd of party faithful and political appointees.

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of coercing witnesses to implicate him, having been unable to establish any case against him.

Mr Tanko Beji, Chairman of the PDP in Niger, has said that outgoing Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose has no reason to leave the party over the outcome of the National Convention.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged manipulation of the party’s national convention held at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has dismissed claims by members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the Federal Government was being selective in its anti-graft war.