Education

Ekiti government debunks rumour on delayed WAEC result

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Ekiti State Government has described as untrue rumour trending on social media that the failure of the present administration to pay WAEC fee was responsible for the delay in accessing the results of the examination by students in the state. 

 The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Mr Akin Omole made this clarification while addressing newsmen in Ado Ekiti,

Mr Omole explained that the little delay experienced by the student was as a result of poor internet services on the website of the examination body and not the inability of government to pay WAEC fee as being speculated.

The commissioner appealed to members of the public to disregard such fake news being circulated by the oppositions.

He advised the opposition parties not to always play politics with every issue, saying that there are better things to be done than being petty.

“Issues that are of serious concern to the people of the state should not be politicized. If issues are Political, fine, it can be given political touch and not the ones that are of great concern to the people “, Omole said.

Mr Omole urged members of the public to always get news from credible sources rather than platforms where the news  could plunge the society into confusion and  crisis.

Also reacting, the president, All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPPS,  Mr Victor Amele said the students have been accessing the results of the examination, saying that any delay being experienced in some quarters can be attributed to network issues.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ekiti state through its Publicity Secretary Mr Raphael Adeyanju and a former Governor’s aide, Mr Lere Olayinka have recently taken to social media alleging that the inability of the state government to pay WAEC fees of the students was responsible for the delay experienced in accessing their results.

Busuyi Ogidiolu

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Culture

Ekiti Govt. Reads Riot Act to Traditional Chiefs

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The Ekiti State Government has read a riot act to traditional and honorary chiefs who are fond of holding their Obas in contempt and using powers not given to them.

The Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, said the riot act became necessary to curb unauthorized use of crowns and beaded walking sticks by palace chiefs in some communities in the state.

The Deputy Governor handed down the warning in his office during a peace meeting with the Olohan of Erijiyan Ekiti, Oba Adegoroye Oludare Omoseebi, and interest groups in the over alleged threat to law and order.

The state government summoned the peace meeting following a petition from the monarch that one of his chiefs, the Oba Odo of Erijiyan, Chief Boluwaji Adewumi, had been parading himself with the paraphernalia of a monarch including the use of crown and beaded stick within and outside the state.

Speaking after he was provided photographs of Adewumi with a crown on his head and holding a beaded walking stick, the Deputy Governor said he would have ordered the immediate arrest of the chief but had to give him a last warning and an opportunity to reconcile with the Olohan.

Otunba Egbeyemi said Adewumi’s action was a clear violation of the State Chiefs Law by using the paraphernalia of a monarch which attracts a sentence of six months imprisonment upon conviction.

He specifically warned that any traditional chief, honorary chief or any other individual who paraded himself in the regalia of an Oba in Ekiti State would be arrested and prosecuted by the state government to preserve the sanctity of the traditional institution.

The Deputy Governor said cases of unauthorized use of crowns and beaded walking sticks had been reported to the state government in recent past, saying such acts are capable of causing chaos and anarchy in the state.

He said the state government was working very hard to ensure that the Land of Honour enjoys peace before, during and after the forthcoming governorship election, pointing out that the latest stand-off between the Olohan and the Oba Odo should not be allowed to fester.

Otunba Egbeyemi said if the situation was not well handled, it could be hijacked by hoodlums to unleash terror and throw Erijiyan Ekiti into chaos. He called on parties to the crisis to bury their differences in the interest of peace.

He urged the community to effect the arrest of Adewumi through the help of security agencies anywhere he was seen wearing a crown or using a beaded walking stick preparatory to his prosecution in court.

The Deputy Governor, however, used the opportunity to warn chiefs in communities across the state to desist from wearing crowns and using beaded sticks, stressing that only Obas have the right to use such paraphernalia of office.

He said: “No chief that is under an Oba in our state has the right to wear crown or use beaded sticks. It is only Obas that are entitled to wear crowns and use beaded sticks. The chiefs can use ordinary walking sticks and not the beaded traditional one.

“Beaded walking sticks are for Obas only, crowns are meant for Obas only. You don’t have two or more Obas in a town. No chief should parade himself as an Oba no matter how rich or influential he may be. He must respect the Oba under whom he is serving.

“If all of us are using crowns and beaded sticks, there will be confusion in our towns and that amounts to disrespect of our Obas and our government will not tolerate that. If anybody shows contempt to Obas, such an individual is playing with trouble.

“I am by this order putting chiefs in our communities under notice to desist from usurping the authorities of Obas in Ekiti State. Any chief who uses the paraphernalia of Obas is playing with six months imprisonment.

“I want you (Adewumi) to go back to the palace and beg your Kabiyesi and henceforth cooperate with him for the development of your town. You are a chief under him and don’t do anything that can diminish the throne of the Olohan.”

Speaking earlier, Oba Omoseebi had accused Adewumi of sponsoring confusion and violence in the town which necessitated petitions to the police and the state government.

The monarch alleged that Adewumi had constituted himself to a threat to residents of Erijiyan, noting that the palace had to report the incident to the government to prevent a breakdown of law and order.

Adewumi also accused the monarch of making attempts on his life. He added that he only wore crown once in a year during a worship of a river deity in the town.

He assured the Deputy Governor of his readiness to comply with the order and reconcile with the Oba.

Olaniyi Alade

Lifestyle

Ekiti Govt., Workers, Welcome First Working Day With Prayers

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It was all songs of praise and prayers on Tuesday as Ekiti State Government ushered in the first working day of the year with Thanksgiving.

The Inter-Religious Thanksgiving Service held at the Civic Centre, Ado Ekiti was attended by traditional rulers, religious leaders, political office holders and civil servants to give thanks unto God for His goodness in the lives of people in the state and Nigerians as a whole.

Our Correspondent Oriola Afolabi was there for Radio Nigeria.

His report.

Oriola Afolabi

Education

Ekiti Government Establishes Five New Secondary Schools

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Ekiti State Government has established five new public secondary schools as part of efforts to improve access to standard education in the state.

This followed the recent handing over of missionary secondary schools to the owners.

Among the missionary schools handed over to their owners, are Christ’s Boys and Girls schools, Mary Immaculate, all in Ado Ekiti, Annunciation Secondary School, Ikere-Ekiti as well as Baptist Girls School, Ifaki-Ekiti which are now under the control of Anglican, Catholic and Baptist Churches.

Ekiti State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Bimpe Aderiye, visited the new public schools where academic activities have commenced.

She explained that the new schools were established to ensure that students were properly accommodated since not all parents could afford the amount being charged by the authorities of the missionary schools.

Dr. Aderiye reiterated the commitment of the Fayemi-led administration to the provision of free, qualitative and compulsory education to all school age children in the state.

The Commissioner listed the new schools as Saint Michael Secondary School, Ifaki-Ekiti; Baptist Secondary School, Ikere Ekiti; Saint Michael Secondary School, Ado Ekiti; Saint Thomas Secondary School, Irona, Ado-Ekiti and Deji Fasuan Model College, Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti.

Ekiti State government had last year established three model colleges in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital while the fourth one Deji Fasuan Model College started academic activities in this new session.

Amos Ogunrinde

Health

Free Rabies Vaccination Kick-Off In Ekiti

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The 2021 free Anti-Rabies Vaccination Campaign for dogs in Ekiti State has been flagged off by the state government.

The Flag-off ceremony was held at the Veterinary Hospital, Basiri, Ado-Ekiti.

Correspondent, Anthony Ojo was there and brings this report.

Anthony Ojo

Economy

362 Ghost Council Workers Uncovered In Ekiti

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Ekiti State government says it is losing about 20 million Naira monthly to 362 ghost workers at the local government areas of the state.

This is contained in a report of the verification committee set up by state government with a mandate to identify absentees at the councils and block financial loopholes at the third tier of government. 

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi with the report

Presenting the report to Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ado Ekiti, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, Professor Adio Folayan said the Ekiti State Accountant General had been instructed to stop the salaries of the affected persons.

Dr Fayemi addressing with the committee members

Professor Folayan explained that the preliminary findings put the ghost workers at 652 but further screening by the committee revealed that only 362 workers out of figure were clarified to be on government payroll as at June this year.

He said the committee recommended that all illegal salary earned by the affected persons should be deducted from their pensions and gratuity, while they would subsequently prosecuted for fraud with their accomplices. 

The commissioner directed the councils’ Heads of Department to enforce discipline while practice of giving schedules of duties to their officers should be adopted so that errant officers would be punished for any infraction.

Receiving the report, Governor Kayode Fayemi thanked members of the committee for their dedication and promised to look into the recommendations for immediate implementation.

Tope Bamidele

Economy

Ekiti Govt. Set to Begin Recruitment for Special Public Works Programme

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Ekiti State Government is set to commence recruitment of qualified applicants for the Federal Government-sponsored Special Public Works programme.

The Chairman, Ekiti State Committee on Special Public Works Programme and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Biodun Omoleye made this known to newsmen in Ado Ekiti.

He explained that the recruitment process, which would be handled by the state government and the National Directorate of Employment,  NDE, would take place between next week Monday and Wednesday at the 16 local government areas of the state.

Mr Omoleye disclosed that the recruitment exercise had no provision for online registration or registration by proxy, adding that interested applicants are to visit their council areas of origin with their local government attestation letters at 8am each day.

He however stated that those who had earlier participated in the pilot exercise should not apply as such application would amount to double entries, thereby disallowing fresh applicants opportunities to benefit from the programme.

Mr Omoleye said successful candidates would be engaged in public works such as clearing of drains, sweeping, cutting of hedges and roads verges, traffic control, environmental sanitation and beautification.

Tope Bamidele

Environment

Staff of Ekiti Ministry of Environment Pledge Support for New Commissioner

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The newly appointed Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs Iyabo Fakunle-Okieimen has assumed office with a call for support by the staff of the Ministry to enable her to succeed in the task ahead.

She made the call while addressing the staff of the Ministry after she was warmly received with songs and prayers in her office.

Mrs Fakunle enjoined the workers to always work as a team so as to move the ministry to enviable height.

Responding, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Tokunbo Alokan who led the staff to receive the commissioner assured her of total support of the workers.

Kayode

Health

Everyone is a stakeholder in the COVID-19 fight – Commissioner

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Ekiti State government wants members of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE, to see themselves as critical stakeholders in ensuring provision of water and hygienic environment to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Mr Bamidele Faparusi made this known in Ado-Ekiti at this year’s Engineering Week of the state.

Our correspondent Busuyi Ogidiolu tells us more in this report.

Busuyi Ogidiolu

Education

Ekiti Govt. Moves to Shut Unregistered Private Schools

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Ekiti State Government has directed Area Education Officers and Tutors-General to identify and close down all unregistered private schools and miracle centres across the state.

The Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola gave the directive in Ado Ekiti at a meeting with the three Tutors-General and the sixteen Local Government Area Education Officers.

He pointed out that many illegal and substandard private schools were operating in the state, hence proprietors of such illegal schools should be prosecuted.

Mr Daramola noted that some of the approved private schools had also deviated from the operational guidelines issued to them by the government, vowing that owners of such schools would henceforth be sanctioned.

The commissioner promised that government would do everything possible to sanitize the education sector through effective implementation of policies and programme in the sector.

Speaking on behalf of others, the Tutor-General for Ekiti Central, Mr Biodun Omotoso expressed the readiness of the Area Education Officers and the Tutors-General to embark on aggressive monitoring when schools finally reopen on the third of August this year. 

Amos Ogunrinde

Agriculture

Ekiti Government Seeks Royal Support on Job Creation

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The Ekiti State Government wants the support of traditional rulers in creating jobs for youths through involvement in agriculture across various communities in the state.

The Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi stated this when he received Monarchs from Ijero Local Government Area led by the Owa Ajero, Oba Adebayo Adewole in Ado-Ekiti.

Otunba Egbeyemi noted that government was ready to make land available for commercial farming in all parts of the state and would also support them with other incentives to make farming attractive.

He said administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi would always honour and respect the traditional institution and also carry them along in its desire to ensure creation of more jobs and empowerment of the people at the grassroots.

The deputy governor urged the Royal Fathers to mobilise the youths in their domains to channel their energy towards cultivation of cassava, maize and rice saying that farm produces were more profitable at the global market.

Otunba Egbeyemi revealed that government was constructing and rehabilitating roads that led to farmsteads as part of its commitment to revamp the agricultural sector and facilitate transportation of farm produces to the market.

He however called on the Royal fathers to always ensure that peace reign supreme in their domains, noting that it was only under atmosphere of peace that development could take place.

Otunba Egbeyemi also commended the Ijero Local Government Area monarchs for the amicable settlement of the issue on their monthly allowances from the five per cent of the allocation due to the local government council.

In his remarks, the Owa Ajero, Oba Adewole, commended the administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi for the wisdom displayed on amicable resolutions of their differences.

Oriola Afolabi

Education

Ekiti Schools to Re-Open August 3rd

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Ekiti State Government has announced that schools will reopen in the state on August 3 for pupils and students in graduating classes.

The Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola made this known to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, said commissioners for Education in the South-West held virtual meeting where each state was told to plan for schools resumption.

Mr Daramola explained that pupils in Primary 6, and students in JSS 3 as well as those in SSS 3 are to resume on the third of August, 2020.

He advised parents and guardians to provide three face masks for their children and wards while government would make available all protective materials needed to fight Covid-19 by the public schools.

Mr Daramola stated that any private school with two gates must close one to control movement in and out of the school, adding that authorities of private primary and secondary schools should make available all materials required to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the state.

He however announced that government had banned the use of school buses by private schools to convey students to their various schools.

The commissioner said the step was part of the government’s effort to check the spread of coronavirus in the state.

Amos Ogunrinde

Education

Covid-19: Proprietor on the Run as Ekiti Govt. Seals off School

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Ekiti State Government has sealed off Victory College, Ilawe Ekiti, in Ekiti South-West Council Area for violating the directives on the closure of schools as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola announced this in Ado-Ekiti, after receiving the interim report from officials of the ministry who carried out the investigation on the activities of the Ilawe-Ekiti based private school.

According to the commissioner, the proprietor of the private school, who is now at large, was organizing extra mural classes for students and pupils, in total violation of the subsisting government directives on the closure of schools in the State.

Mr Daramola, who noted that security agents were already on the trail of the proprietor, submitted that the man would face the wrath of the law, for violating COVID-19 protocols, whenever he is apprehended.

He called on the people of the state to always volunteer useful information about unpatriotic individuals flouting government’s directives on COVID-19.

Amos Ogunrinde

Education

Ekiti Govt. to Fumigate Schools, Says Covid-19 Protocols is Sacrosanct

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Ekiti State Government is set to commence fumigation of all public primary and secondary schools in the state in preparation for the resumption of pupils and students of graduating classes.

The Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola, made this known in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting with principals of secondary schools and other critical stakeholders in the education sector.

He explained that his ministry and that of the environment had been saddled with the responsibility of carrying out the task of fumigating all public schools to curb the spread of coronavirus when they finally resume.

Mr Daramola told the gathering that the government would also provide infra-red thermometers, liquid soap, hand sanitizers, buckets, and other materials needed when schools resume in the state.

The commissioner advised members of staff with ailments such as high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, and people with low immunity, to obtain medical reports from the government’s health institutions before resumption. 

Responding on behalf of others, the state President of All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), who is also the Principal of Saint Louis Grammar School, Ikere-Ekiti, Mrs Rhoda Ojo, advised Government to embark on aggressive media campaign to sensitize both the parents and guardians on their roles and responsibilities, as well as items to provide for their children such as face masks upon resumption.

Similarly, the Ekiti State Government says only the private schools that meet all the conditions and criteria laid down by the government would be allowed to reopen for academic activities in the State this month.

The Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola made the pronouncement in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting held with the proprietors of private schools across the state.

Speaking through the Technical Adviser to the Governor on Education, Dr. Mrs. Bimpe Kofoworola Aderiye, the commissioner stressed that all private primary and secondary schools in the state must receive clearance certificates before their schools could be reopened for teaching and learning activities.

Mr Daramola reiterated that the schools must have at least two infrared thermometers, to ascertain the temperature levels of both teachers and pupils, and must show evidence of the fumigation of their school environment, while also maintaining social distancing and all the other COVID-19 protocols announced by Government, at any particular time.

The commissioner said that his ministry would work in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Human Services, to train focal persons for each school on how to manage students with high temperature and also to handle any suspected case of coronavirus.

According to the commissioner, the state government had constituted a 21 member committee to monitor the Covid-19 pre and post school resumption to see the level of compliance.

In his remarks, the president of private school owners in Ekiti State, Reverend Williams Olufemi, promised the support of his association to the state government in combating the spread of Covid-19 in the State.

Reverend Williams appealed to the state government to incorporate members of his association into the COVID-19 committee of the Ministry of Education, in order to identify and locate all the private schools in the state for effective monitoring. 

Amos Ogunrinde

Economy

Ekiti Govt. Warns Traders against Displaying Wares on Highways

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Ekiti State Government has directed security operatives to arrest any trader who displayed goods on the highways at Ojaoba, Ojabisi, Erekesan market and major streets of Ado-Ekiti.

The Ekiti State Deputy Governor Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi gave the directive during an unscheduled visit to monitor the level of compliance by traders to government protocols on reopening of major markets across the state.

Otunba Egbeyemi, who explained that Government had no intention to stop business activities in the major markets, told the traders that all government’s efforts were to protect the people from mishaps, and to ensure free flow of vehicular movement around the major markets.

He said that the administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi had mapped out strategies to boost commercial activities in the state, hence the need for all market women to take advantage of the measures put in place.

The Deputy Governor advised those who were still hawking along the streets to go and take shop in Awedele, Agric Olope and Adere markets in order not to run afoul of government decision to ensure clean environment and free flow of traffic.

Otunba Egbeyemi noted that the government would not hesitate to prosecute or seize goods found on the streets of Ado-Ekiti and on the road median along the major markets.

He appealed to the leaders of the market traders to always prevail on their members not to contravene government’s directives during this period of COVID-19. 

Some of the traders, who expressed satisfaction that Government had reopened the major markets in Ado-Ekiti, promised to always adhere to the government protocols on market activities.

They however appealed to Government to help them channel the blocked drainage at the markets which often caused erosion whenever that it rained.

Oriola Afolabi

Health

Dogs Vaccinated with Anti- Rabies in Ekiti

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Over one hundred dogs have been vaccinated with anti-rabies vaccine through the Ekiti State Government and regional disease surveillance system enhancement REDISSE project of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Flagging off the 2020 Anti-rabies Vaccination at the state Veterinary Hospital in Ado Ekiti, the governor represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture Mr Olabode Omotosho admonished dog owners to take advantage of the exercise

Mr Omotosho said rabies are killer disease which can be transmitted from an infected dog to man through bite hence the need for people to vaccine their dogs 

In attendance at the occasion are Commissioner for Health, Dr mojisola Yaya Kolade, Commissioner for Environment and dog owners

Fisoye Farake

Lifestyle

Ekiti Govt. Receives Food Items from Victim Support Funds

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Over one hundred and twenty Million naira food items, medical equipment and hand sanitizers have been received by the Ekiti State Government from the Victims Support Funds, VSF  to complement government’s efforts at cushioning the effects of lockdown on Covid19.

The food items, which is meant for about two thousand and sixty households included two thousand and sixty ten kg bags of rice, beans, gari, four liters kegs of groundnut oil and over four thousands bags of salt, while the Medical equipment were fifty thousand facemasks, thirty thousand hand sanitizer, three hundred safety booths, medical overall clothes among others.

Receiving the items in Ado Ekiti, the wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi appreciated the kind gesture of the Victims Support Funds, and said that it would complement the plans of Dr Fayemi’s administration to bring succour to the needy in the society.

Erelu Fayemi explained that about fifty-five thousands households in Ekiti state had enjoyed palliatives from government

The Coordinator, Ekiti State Taskforce on COVID19, Professor Bolaji Aluko, and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Biodun Omoleye said that the food items would be distributed to the needy irrespective of party or non political affiliations to justify the aims and objectives of the donors and Federal Government’s plans to cushion the effects of lockdown on the people .

Earlier, the Executive Director of the Victims Support Fund, VSF, Professor Sunday Ocheche said about twenty States had been reached to support government in the face of the present challenge of COVID 19 pandemic, even though the organization was established to support the displaced persons.

The Chairman, COVID 19 Emergency Support Programme of the Victims Support Fund, Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji who lamented the healthcare deficit, poverty rate and effects of the virus in Nigeria, said that the items donated would go a long way to assist government at various levels to put smiles on the faces of the people.

Mrs Akerele-Ogunsiji promised that the Victims Support Funds would continue to support government and needy in Ekiti State despite the fact that the fund was mainly established to cater for victims of insurgency.

Oriola Afolabl

Health

COVID-19: Ekiti Govt. Takes Sensitisation to Ado, Ido Ekiti

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Ekiti State Government has taken the sensitisation on COVID-19 to strategic places in Ado and Ido Ekiti metropolis in order to prevent community spread of the virus.

The Ekiti State Ambassador on COVID-19, Mr Femi Adeoye stated this in Ado Ekiti at a briefing of newsmen on efforts and results achieved so far by the committee set up by the state government on checking the spread of the virus.

Mr Adeoye, who maintained that many people were still ignorant of the health effects of the virus, stressed the need  for every resident of Ekiti to imbibe the culture of healthy living and desist from going against all the rules laid down by government and World Health organization to contain Coronavirus.

He noted that the COVID-19 is real, hence, all hands must be on deck to check the rapid spread and achieve a healthy society in Ekiti State.

Also, the Coordinator of the Ekiti State Taskforce on COVID 19, Professor Bolaji Aluko emphasized the need for security agents to protect human rights and always work in line with the administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi’s plans to end the spread and importation of the virus in the state.

Professor Aluko observed that all the security personnel were drawn from different security outfits including Agbekoya, NURTW, Okada riders, OPC and Peace Corps in order to complement the efforts of Statutory Agencies like the Police, Nigerian Army and NSCDC.

He said that anyone caught found wanting, misbehave and abuse human rights among the security personnel would be made to face the consequences.

On her part, the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade said that Ekiti currently had four active COVID-19 cases, while one had been certified freed of the virus and would be discharged.

Dr Yahaya-Kolade explained that the new COVID-19 patient recorded was a seventy five year old woman referred from General Hospital Omuaran, Kwara State to Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti and later died of several health issues related with the COVID-19.

Oriola Afolabi

Health

Ekiti Govt. Warns Against Non-Compliance of Residence to COVID-19 Rules

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Ekiti State Government says it will not hesitate to close any public or commercial institution that fails to observe all rules laid down to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the state.

The Secretary to Ekiti State Government and Chairman, Ekiti state Committee on the Containment of COVID-19, Mr Biodun Oyebanji made this known in a statement in Ado-Ekiti.

Mr Oyebanji who explained that the guidelines were consciously put in place to ensure a healthy and virus free society, maintained that anyone caught violating the rules would prosecuted for willfully endangering public health.

While noting that the guidelines would be reviewed on weekly basis to evaluate the level of compliance, Mr. Oyebanji said it was compulsory for commercial banks and other institutions provide hand sanitizers to their workers and customers, limit number of customers to maintain social distancing and ensure mandatory use of face-masks.

He warned that beer parlors, club, bars and social gardens were to remain closed, saying that anyone caught in a beer parlor would be prosecuted, both operator and customers.

Oriola Afolabi

Lifestyle

Ekiti Govt Warns Against Flouting of Social Distancing Rule

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Ekiti State Government has frowned at the noncompliance of the people to social distancing rule for prevention of the spread of Covid-19.

The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Mojisola Yahaya-Kolade during a press briefing in Ado Ekiti.

Dr Yahaya-Kolade who stressed that distancing from each other was part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 among the people in communities, said failure to comply would compel the government to impose another total lockdown in the state.

The commissioner said anyone whose temperature exceeds thirty eight degree Celsius would require the attention of the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control, NCDC, to know the health condition of such a fellow.

Speaking on Security, the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Gbenga Agbeyo said the Ekiti State Taskforce on COVID-19 would be monitoring the activities in the banking institutions, Okada Riders, Commercial Drivers, among others to ensure that people comply with government’s directives.

He said henceforth, anyone caught to be flouting government’s order would be prosecuted, irrespective of status.

Oriola Afolabi

Economy

Ekiti Government Orientates Newly-Appointed Officers

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Ekiti State government says it will continue to raise a crop of competent, efficient and effective officers whose desire will be to implement government policies and make service delivery their ultimate goal. 

Ekiti State Head of Service, Mr. Ayodeji Ajayi made this known while declaring open a week-long induction/orientation course for newly appointed Administrative Officers, Accountants, Auditors, Registrars of Cooperatives and Inspector of Taxes at the Staff Development Centre, Ado-Ekiti. 

Mr. Ajayi who described the course as very significant towards exposing the newly-appointed officers to the intricacies of government business, charged them to make the best of the induction meant to equip the officers with necessary skills and knowledge that would prepare them for the task ahead.  

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Capacity Development and Reforms, Mr. Oluwadare Ajayi advised the participants to work in support of the ideals of the Public Service and shun unethical practices.

Some of the participants, including Tope Adigun, Bolanle Ogundipe, Anthony Olatoye and Ayodele Alabi expressed their readiness to contribute their quota with vigour to the development of the Civil Service in the state.

Niyi Alade