• Governor declares Friday work-free

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti has commended Governor Ayodele Fayose for immortalising the late Military Governor of the defunct Western Region, Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo.

A statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun in Ado-Ekiti, said Fayose’s decision was in the right direction.

The governor recently named the new Government House and a general hospital after the late military governor, who would be buried on Saturday at Iyin Ekiti.”
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He said the late Adebayo was “a war hero who preached against civil war and headed a committee for the reconstruction and reintegration of the Biafrans into a united Nigeria. He was a nationalist and a statesman who was also elected as the Chairman of the Yoruba Council of Elders.”

Meanwhile, Fayose has declared Friday, May 19, as a work-free day in the state in honour of the departed hero.

A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi said the late Adebayo contributed immensely to the growth and development of Yorubaland.