Ekiti State News Bulletin

…hails two other Ekiti winners The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has congratulated his Senior Special Assistant on Research and Documentation, Mr Femi Owolabi for emerging one of this year’s winners of the prestigious Chevening scholarship. Owolabi is among the 32 successful Nigerian applicants out of 10,750 that applied for the scholarship progranne run by the British Government… Read more

…programme designed to boost Agricultural production, improve food security and empower farmers Ekiti State Government has commenced the full implementation of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro Pocket (NAGS-AP) programme, an initiative of the President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government designed to boost Agricultural production, improve food security and empower farmers across the country. The State Commissioner for Agriculture.. Read more

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has raised a 13- member negotiation committee as the state government commences meetings with organised labour preparatory to the commencement of the minimum wage payment in the state. This is sequel to the signing of the minimum wage law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on July 30th, 2024. The negotiation committee comprises of Government.. Read more

…Advocates compulsory education for children of school age In furtherance of her various moves toward encouraging school children to return to school, the distribution train of the wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, has visited 10 local governments and gifted writing materials to pupils and students ahead of their resumption for new academic session in September. Local government.. Read more

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Erelu Tosin Aluko-Ajisafe, has urged people of the State to always maintain a clean environment in order to prevent any outbreak of epidemic in the state. The Commissioner who made the call while monitoring the monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Ado-Ekiti emphasized that maintaining a high level of hygiene is crucial.. Read more

…insists unity required to build economically viable Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has warned the citizens against actions that could trigger internal unrests capable of widening the gulf of divisions, as Oba Stephen Adegboyega Alabi was enthroned as the Olosi of Osi Ekiti, in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the State. The governor maintained that his government has.. Read more