Ekiti State News Bulletin

… as Gov Oyebanji restates commitment to local content policy As part of his administration’s commitment to the local content policy aimed at empowering local businesses in the state, Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has, again directed that cattle sellers in the state should be the sole suppliers of rams for coming Eid- el- Kabir festival. The Secretary to.. Read more

Ekiti State Government will soon launch an Aso Oke Weaving and Market Centre in Ado Ekiti as part of efforts to create employment opportunities for youths and resuscitate the traditional clothes weaving industry that the State was known for. Ekiti State Executive Council had, in March this year, approved a sum of N100million for the establishment and construction of Aso-Oke.. Read more

In a bid to broker truce in the brewing land dispute between the Eyemote Comprehensive High School, Iyin Ekiti and Asalu family, the Ekiti State Government, has directed the Boundary Technical Committee to visit the town for proper demarcation of the disputed land. The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, gave the directive, while interfacing with some critical.. Read more

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has appealed to residents of the State to embrace tree planting around residential buildings to prevent alarming rate of destruction of buildings by rainstorm. Oyebanji said recurrent decimal of building wreckage being witnessed in some communities could have been averted, if residents embraced tree planting that could break destructive wind during torrential downpour. The.. Read more

The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Dele Alake says Governor Biodun Oyebanji has forged a convergence of interest for the progress of Ekiti State. The minister who spoke at the launching of the MSMEs clinic in Ado Ekiti, the state capital on Thursday, described Oyebanji as a man of peace committed to the development of the state. Alake, who hails.. Read more

Ekiti State Government has again warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages and waterways to avert flooding and erosion. The State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Erelu Tosin Aluko Ajisafe who gave the warning in Ado Ekiti while featuring on a live audience participation simulcast “Ekiti L’oni”, said the State Government had established a task-force that works.. Read more