Politics

Infrastructural Development: Ekiti Government Distributes 128 Million Naira to Communities

By Web News 856

Ekiti State Government has distributed over one hundred and twenty eight million naira to nineteen Communities for various developmental projects.

Some of the benefiting communities are Eporo, Erinmope, Igbole, Ikere, Isan, Ijero, Ilawe, Abaiyamedi and others which all cut across all the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State.

Distributing the cheques in Ado-Ekiti, Governor Kayode Fayemi said the gesture was aimed at putting adequate infrastructure in place across rural communities and also put smiles on the faces of the people.

Dr. Fayemi also announced about five different projects worth five hundred million dollars which were to be executed in the state by the World Bank.

The governor however warned that government would not tolerate any shoddy job from contractors.

The spokespersons for the benefiting communities, Chief Gbenga from Ilawe Ekiti Agbona and Mr. Bayo Alu from Erinmope Ekiti appreciated the Governor’s gesture and promised to monitor all government projects in their domains.

Oriola Afolabi

Education

Compulsory Education: Ekiti Govt to Prosecute Erring Parents

By Web News 703

Ekiti State Government says it will henceforth prosecute parents who refused to enroll their children in schools.

Governor Kayode Fayemi announced this during the sensitization programme on school enrolment in Eporo, Emure Local Government Area of the state.

The Governor stressed that since the state’s Child’s Right law provided that all children must be given access to education, parents must enroll their children and wards in schools. 

Dr. Fayemi who called on all parents and guardians to key into the free education programme of the government, said education was not only free but compulsory in Ekiti State. 

The governor directed the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, to commence necessary enrolment to ensure that all children of school age register for the 2019/2020 academic session. 

Earlier, the Chairman of the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, Professor Francisca Aladejana urged parents to patronise public schools, promising that government would always provide a conducive environment for proper teaching and learning. 

Also, the South West Zonal Coordinator of Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Mrs. Roseline Madubi called on religious and political leaders to sensitive the people on importance of school enrolment.

Tope Bamidele