Ekiti State News Bulletin

The Ekiti State Government, has warned communities experiencing inter- communal boundary disputes against resorting to thuggery and vandalism, saying such tendencies will no longer be tolerated to forestall unwarranted crisis in the state. Sequel to this, the government threatened that whoever found destroying crops or displays any act of hooliganism on disputed farmlands would be arrested and prosecuted accordingly. The.. Read more

As part of concerted efforts to boost food production and provide gainful employment for youths, the Ekiti State Government has commenced the process of training and empowering another batch of 80 youths in the State under the Administration’s Broiler Production Scheme Addressing the 80 young graduates selected from the 16 Local Government Ares of the State at a pre-training briefing.. Read more

…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