Ekiti State News Bulletin

Ekiti and Yobe States jointly came first in the Subnational Audit Efficacy (SAE) Index 2023 just released by the Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI). PLSI explained that the “aim of the SAE INDEX 2023 is to identify areas government institutions at subnational level require support to optimize their public finance management and policy implementation practices, improve existing accountability structures and.. Read more

…Destroys 20 Hectare- Hemp Plantation in Ise Forest Reserves. Ekiti State Forestry Commission has said that it is fully committed to actualizing its mandate of reducing the rate of deforestation in the State through better forest management and combating of illegalities in the State Forest Reserves The Executive Secretary of the State Forestry Commission, Mr Sunday Adekunle who gave the.. Read more

Ekiti State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has rolled out the cost implications of the State Land Tractorization Scheme as well as the subsidy payable by the State Government. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Ebenezer Boluwade, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, disclosed that the State Government would pay N35,000 making.. Read more

Principals of Public Secondary Schools in Ekiti State have been warned against violations of laid down rules and involvement in activities that could lead to sanctions in the daily discharge of their duties. The Permanent Secretary of the State Teaching Service Commission, Mr Mike Omolayo gave the warning at an interactive session with Principals of public secondary schools in Ado.. Read more

Ekiti State Government has set up an 8-man committee on Food Security with a mandate to provide support for farmers and enhance local food production, contributing to the primary goal of reducing food prices and addressing hunger in the country. The committee, headed by the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Ebenezer Boluwade, comprises the Commissioner for Finance,.. Read more

The Ekiti State government has inaugurated the State Emergency Medical Treatment Committee as part of steps to strengthen the state medical emergency Architecture. Performing the inauguration in Ado-Ekiti, the State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani noted that the overall objective of the State Emergency Medical and Ambulance System was to ensure a consolidated emergency medical services.. Read more