Ekiti State News Bulletin

……. directs affected headteachers to vacate their duty posts Two more headteachers in public primary schools in Ekiti State have received knocks from the management of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for collection of illegal fees from their pupils. The head teachers(names withheld)from Community Primary School, Ado Ekiti and CAC Community Primary School, Irare, Oye Ekiti respectively were.. Read more

….Govt. Attributes Feat to Proactive Measures and Policies. Ekiti State topped the 2023 Annual Growth Rate ranking with an increase in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from ₦17.03b in 2022 to ₦29.82b in 2023, representing a 75% growth rate. According to the report circulated by the apex body for tax authorities in Nigeria, the Joint Tax Board (JTB) at its 155th.. Read more

Female political appointees in Ekiti State have given their backing to Governor Biodun Oyebanji to seek a second term in office based on what they called his “impressive and superlative performance in office.” Acting under the aegis of BAO Female Political Office Holders (both elected and appointed), they urged all members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to unite.. Read more

As part of efforts to promote peaceful co-existence between herders and farmers in Ekiti State, the Livestock Productivity & Resilience support Project (L-PRES) in the State has inaugurated a committee on conflict prevention and mediation. In his address while inaugurating the Committee in Ado Ekiti, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Hon. Ebenezer Boluwade challenged the members of.. Read more

….as Special Adviser IPMO stresses full commitment to proper monitoring and evaluation of capital projects. The Special Adviser to the Ekiti State Governor on Independent Project Monitoring (IPMO) , Hon Olufemi Ajayi has said that his Office would spare no efforts towards achieving it’s mandate of monitoring and evaluating all government capital projects with a view to ensuring that the.. Read more

…..as youths endorsed governor for second term The Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has promised to deploy the instrumentality of good governance to tame the recurrent cases of migration of youths abroad and to other states of the Federation considered as more economically viable. Governor Oyebanji urged the youths to grow good mental perception about Nigeria, saying the economically.. Read more