Ekiti State News Bulletin

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has declared that inability of government at all levels to integrate the spiraling population rate into their development plans contributed largely to increasing poverty, hunger and neglect being suffered by Nigerians. Oyebanji posited that a developing nation like Nigeria, with rising and explosive population, necessitated by unbridled birth rate, must prepare a proper economic.. Read more

Taxable people in Ekiti State have been advised to take advantage of the tax reforms in the State to ensure timely payment of their taxes. Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service (EKIRS), Mr. Olaniran Olatona who made the call while featuring on a simulcast programme on all the radio stations in the State and beyond tagged Ekiti L’oni/Ekiti Today,.. Read more

…RELEASES SUBVENTION TO HIGHER INSTITUTIONS Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has approved the release of the sum of one billion naira as gratuity to State pensioners. Similarly, the Governor has also approved payment of two months pension arrears to local government pensioners. This is coming barely a month after the Governor distributed a total N3.5 billion in gratuity cheques.. Read more

Ekiti State Commissioner for Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr. Oyeniyi Adebayo has charged the Bureau of Statistics to give priority attention to the collection of quality data for effective policy formulation, planning, and evaluation. Mr. Adebayo, who gave the charge in Ado Ekiti while declaring open the 3rd Quarter State Consultative Committee meeting on Statistics, organized by the.. Read more

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed his condolences on the death of the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. General Lagbaja who hailed from Osun State, died after a period of illness. He was aged 56 years old. The Governor in a statement on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, described the.. Read more

The Ekiti State Government has tasked the new board members of some Agencies and Commissions appointed by Governor Biodun Oyebanji to devise new innovations to tackle rising cases of disasters and boundary disputes in the state. The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, gave the charge, on Wednesday, while receiving the Chairmen and board members of the Ekiti.. Read more