Economy

Oyebanji Announces N12bn Relief Programmes

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By Kazeem Ayodeji

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has announced a series of relief programmes worth N12 billion to cushion the effects of the global economic downturn on the people of the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode made this known in a statement in Ado Ekiti.

According to the statement, the programmes, cover various sectors such as salary and pension payments, food production, livestock development, small business support, conditional cash transfer, free bus service, and healthcare.
The governor also approved the payment of one-month salary arrears to State and Local Government workers totaling over N2.7 billion, clearing the backlog of salary arrears owed to State Government workers, and promising to clear the arrears owed to Local Government workers this year.
Mr Oyebanji equally increased the monthly subvention of autonomous institutions, including the Judiciary and all tertiary institutions, by N600 million, to enable them to implement the wage award for State and Local Government workers among other payments.

The Governor expressed his commitment to the welfare and well-being of the people of the state, especially in the face of the current global economic challenges.

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Politics

Oyebanji Sets Agenda for Commissioners, Aides

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By Kazeem Ayodeji

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has charged the newly sworn-in Commissioners and Special Advisers to let the prosperity agenda of his administration be their guiding principles.

Governor Oyebanji gave the charge during the inauguration of 19 commissioners and 14 Special Advisers, held at the government house pavilion in Ado Ekiti.

The governor, who noted that the new Commissioners and Special Advisers were selected through transparent processes, stressed the need for them to be committed, diligent and dedicated to their duties.

He also urged them to be closer to their people and shun acts that could bring disrepute to the state, saying that they would be taken through a retreat programme, starting from next week Thursday so as to get them prepared and acquainted with their responsibilities.

Speaking on behalf of the appointees, the new commissioner for Education, Dr Kofoworola Aderiye, appreciated governor Oyebanji for the privilege and promised to live up to expectation in the discharge of their duties.

Some of the new appointees are, Commissioner for Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr Oyeniyi Adebayo, Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Kehinde Ajobiewe Kolawole and Commissioner for Agric and food security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade.

Some of the new Aides include Special Adviser on Investment and Programme, Mrs Yemisi Ayokunle, Special Adviser on Human Capital Development and Allied Matters, Mr Gbenga Agbeyo, Gender Empowerment and Mobilization, Mrs Kemi Olaleye among others.

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Judiciary

Tribunal Throws out Suit against Gov. Oyebanji

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The Ekiti State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti has dismissed the case instituted by SDP and its candidate against the June 16th election of Biodun Oyebanji as the Governor of the state.

The court in over two hours and forty-five minutes of judgment resolved all the issues raised by the petitioner for determination and subsequently affirmed the election of incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji.

Delivering the ruling, a member of the Tribunal Justice Zaad Zadawa held that the SDP and its candidate failed to present satisfactory evidences that the incumbent Governor and his Deputy were not eminent qualified to context the June 18 poll.

The court further affirmed that it was puerile for the petitioners to base their case on the signing of a nomination letter since it was the party at the state level that decide the candidate to represent it in an election

Blessing Adesanya

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