London, May 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-As part of the plan to develop the digital economy in Ekiti State, the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Thursday, signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the O’odua Infraco Resources Limited to lay broadband infrastructure along 606 kilometers across the State. READ ALSO: UK SALES NOSEDIVE AS BORROWING HITS ...

London, May 7, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Government has arrested the wife of a top military man in the state who came into the state from Katsina despite being positive with COVID-19, violating the lockdown and prohibition of inter-state movement order The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, said on Wednesday that the woman who came ...

London, March 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Ekiti State government, South West Nigeria has directed medical experts to start the screening of passengers coming into the state from border states to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus) in the state. The governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has also set up a 40-man task force to work on the ...

London, Feb. 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The infrastructure development agenda of the Dr Kayode Fayemi-led administration in Ekiti State has received a major boost as the asphalt processing plant set up by the administration commences operations. Speaking with newsmen after an inspection tour of the new asphalt plant in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, Governor Fayemi stated that ...

London, Oct 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, laid the foundation for the Ekiti Airport, signalling the commencement of work on the agro -allied cargo airport, aimed at boosting the state’s agricultural, tourism and educational endowment. The ground breaking ceremony was jointly performed by the Governor and the Minister of Aviation, ...

London, Oct. 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Government is to open up access to rural villages in the state with the construction and rehabilitation of 1,000 kilometres rural roads and renovation of all public primary schools in the state in the 2020 fiscal year. This is in addition to the rehabilitation of all the 177 primary ...

London, Sep 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)–Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday announced that the World Bank would soon embark on some legacy projects across the state worth about 500 million dollars. The Governor stated this in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, while presenting cheques worth N180 million to 19 benefiting communities under the state’s ...

London, August 2, 2019 (AltAfrica)–Ekiti State Government and the World Bank Group have forged an alliance aimed at working together to tackle gender-based violence, rape and female genital mutilation in the State. This was part of the outcome of an interface between the World Bank team and Ekiti State government’s top officials led by the ...

London, August 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has taken over the responsibility of sheltering, feeding and clothing a 110 year -old woman, Madam Jolaade Osho in Okeruku, area of lkere- Ekiti in Local Government Area of the state. The aged woman was found in a ramshackle building during the ...

London, July 30, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ekiti State Governor Dr Kayode Fayemi has explained that his promise to employ the first set of medical graduates of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Medical School was borne out of his desire to encourage the young graduates and other youths that there will always be light at the end of ...