Ekiti State News Bulletin

…As EKSG moves to support households, formal and informal sectors Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has approved a set of carefully designed relief programmes to alleviate the hardship being experienced by the people of the state in the face of the current global economic downturn. These programmes include the payment of one month salary arrears to State and.. Read more

…..as 35 violators are prosecuted for flouting sanitation laws. Top officials of EKITI State Government including the State Commissioner for Environment, Mrs Tosin Aluko-Ajisafe; Information Commissioner, Rt.Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun and the Director General of the Ekiti Waste Management Authority (EKSWAMA), Mr. Olasunkanmi Onipede have expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance of residents during the February edition of the monthly.. Read more

……Delineates State into 132 Units for Smooth Take-off of the Programme. Ekiti State Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment has delineated the State into 132 Units in preparation for the commencement of the guided Agency Banking Programme in Ekiti State under which many unemployed youths in the state would be empowered The State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Otunba.. Read more

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has assured the people of Ikole and Oye Local Government Areas of the State that the 40,000 hectares of farm land in the two council Areas for the Ekiti Special Agro Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) would be properly utilized to bring unprecedented development and prosperity to the area, the state and Nigeria as whole.. Read more

Ekiti State government in collaboration with the leadership of the market men and women associations as well as the transport unions has agreed to set up a task force to check the rising cost of goods and services in the State. The agreement was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting between the representatives of the State Government, led.. Read more

Ekiti State Government is set to commence a tractorization scheme that is expected to boost large scale farming as part of efforts to fast track development in the Agricultural sector and guarantee food security in the State. The State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon. Taiwo Olatunbosun who made this known in Ado Ekiti, explained that the State Government would partner.. Read more