Ekiti State
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Ekiti State Government and labour leaders yesterday signed the N70,000 new minimum wages to signal the commencement of implementation with Consequential benefits for Workers in the State Civil Service and Local Government. The 13-member committee on Negotiation of the Minimum Wage was set up by Governor Oyebanji in early September after the signing of the…
13 Nov
The Ekiti State Government has revoked 8,283.570 hectares of land at Oke-Ako Community in Ikole Local Government, belonging to the Oodua Investment Company Limited, with a large portion of the land being utilised for agricultural purposes. The government has also earmarked N146.3 million as the first tranche of compensation to forty claimants whose crops and…
12 Nov
Ekiti State Government has recruited health volunteers to reach out to pregnant women in all the 177 wards of the state to ensure they access the primary health care facilities so as to guarantee their safe delivery. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, disclosed this yesterday at the launch of the…
12 Nov
The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed that four men died after drowning in the Osun River. A police spokesperson in the state, DSP Sunday Abutu, disclosed that the incident occurred on Sunday, November 10, 2024, along the Ajido-Ikoro road. Abutu said the deceased, a 23-year-old and a 25-year-old natives of Okemesi-Ekiti went to River…
29 Oct
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has presented before the State House of Assembly a sum of N375.7 billion as the proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Oyebanji, who presented the budget estimates at the Assembly complex on Tuesday, explained that the appropriation bill, when passed, would help his administration consolidate its efforts in infrastructure…
23 Oct
Public service efficiency as a theme for this anniversary, is a smart choice because it speaks to the urgency, in government business and operations, of improving the quality of service delivery while significantly reducing the cost of running government.
22 Oct
Let me start by felicitating His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Ekiti State—Mr. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji—on the occasion of his second anniversary as the chief executive of this great state.
20 Oct
A veterinary doctor, Jide Akinleye, wants operators of abattoirs to maintain a high standard of hygiene to avoid the spread of food-borne diseases. Akinleye who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, said that if these facilities were kept clean, diseases would be minimized. He advised butchers in the state…
18 Oct
There are many lessons political leaders could learn from Ekiti State governor Abiodun Oyebanji’s Omoluabi concept of governance.
17 Oct
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 36-year-old man, David Olalekan, in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over alleged murder. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being tried for alleged murder. The prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant committed the offense on Oct. 4 in…
8 Oct
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, yesterday, received the female governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2022 election, Kemi Elebute-Halle, and 500 others into the ruling party.
4 Oct
Ekiti State Government has said that construction work on ultramodern dormitories at the farm settlements across all the local councils will commence within the next three weeks to boost food security.
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