Ekiti State News Bulletin

Ekiti State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Olabimpe Aderiye has said that the State Government would continue to work with School Based Management Committees (SBMC) to enhance the participation of communities in school management for quality and effective governance structure. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti during a sensitization programme for key stakeholders on the effective implementation of the Safe School Initiative (SSI) at.. Read more

As part of the poverty mitigation policy of his government, the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has promised solid financial backing for the drivers of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), as Ajoni Local Council Development Area lifted 250 business owners with fund. During the disbursement, Oyebanji hinted about the resolve of his government to tapping into the rich potentials.. Read more

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has declared that inability of government at all levels to integrate the spiraling population rate into their development plans contributed largely to increasing poverty, hunger and neglect being suffered by Nigerians. Oyebanji posited that a developing nation like Nigeria, with rising and explosive population, necessitated by unbridled birth rate, must prepare a proper economic.. Read more

Taxable people in Ekiti State have been advised to take advantage of the tax reforms in the State to ensure timely payment of their taxes. Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service (EKIRS), Mr. Olaniran Olatona who made the call while featuring on a simulcast programme on all the radio stations in the State and beyond tagged Ekiti L’oni/Ekiti Today,.. Read more

…RELEASES SUBVENTION TO HIGHER INSTITUTIONS Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has approved the release of the sum of one billion naira as gratuity to State pensioners. Similarly, the Governor has also approved payment of two months pension arrears to local government pensioners. This is coming barely a month after the Governor distributed a total N3.5 billion in gratuity cheques.. Read more

Ekiti State Commissioner for Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management, Mr. Oyeniyi Adebayo has charged the Bureau of Statistics to give priority attention to the collection of quality data for effective policy formulation, planning, and evaluation. Mr. Adebayo, who gave the charge in Ado Ekiti while declaring open the 3rd Quarter State Consultative Committee meeting on Statistics, organized by the.. Read more