Ekiti State News Bulletin

..directs Street traders to relocate to Agric Olope market The Ekiti State Government has reiterated its commitment to ending street trading in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, as part of ongoing efforts to promote urban order, safety and economic development. The State Commissioner for Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives, Mrs. Omotayo Adeola, who disclosed this during a strategic meeting with relevant.. Read more

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has said that the Ekiti Airport project is a product of a collective decision by Ekiti leaders and stakeholders to open up the state to the world. Similarly, the Governor said the Federal Government is responding positively to the yearnings of the people by fixing three of the six federal roads in the state,.. Read more

In a significant move to advance agricultural development and strengthen the livestock value chain in Ekiti State, the World Bank has approved the construction of two ultra modern cattle markets in the State as well as a Broiler Processing Plant in Ado-Ekiti and Semi-Automated Poultry Pen Estates across the three senatorial districts of the state. The bank has also approved.. Read more

Ekiti State government has recruited an additional 404 personnel into the Ekiti State Security Network Agency, (also known as Amotekun), the Agro-Marshal and Anti-grazing corps as part of its efforts to strengthen the state’s security architecture especially at the grassroots. Speaking on behalf of the Ekiti state Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji at the passing out parade of the new recruits.. Read more

As part of concerted efforts to promote safe agricultural practices and to improve productivity in the livestock sector, the Ekiti State Government through the State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES)Project has trained 100 livestock farmers, veterinary workers and other key stakeholders in livestock sub sector on Occupational Health and Safety Management. Speaking at the opening of the four-day capacity.. Read more

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday, installed the new Elemure of Emure Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ajiboye, calling on the aggrieved contenders to refrain from embarking on frivolous and tortuous judicial processes to truncate the enthronement of a monarch duly appointed by government in any community. The Ekiti’s number one citizen, said uniting with a new king always fasttrack.. Read more