We, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), at our meeting held today, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 deliberated on a number of issues affecting the country especially the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. 1. The NGF Chairman provided an update on: a. The Forum’s meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. The team of governors discussed the implications of the contentious Executive Order #10, which among others mandates…
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Lagos state government isolation centers have admitted no fewer than 50 staff of Wema Bank for the treatment and management of Coronavirus Disease. This compulsory move followed the outbreak of the virus at a Lagos office of the bank, which serves as both regional and branch offices. The affected office building is at Oba Akran Avenue in Ikeja and serves as regional and branch offices. A source at Lagos state ministry of health said the sharp rise in the number of cases recorded by Lagos State, which had dropped below 100 for two consecutive days before rising to 170 on…
LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR Engendering Party Discipline and Cohesion As we approach Democracy on June 12, we must remind ourselves what that day symbolizes for Nigeria. We must remember the sacrifices made by so many to bring democratic government to reality for our nation. Lives were lost and blood was spilled. People were jailed and tortured. Some were chased from this land of their birth in abject fear of their lives. Despite the array of forces against us, the quest for democracy ultimately won because it answered the human desire for freedom…
Federal Ministry of Justice, Nigeria Webinar( Interactive session with States Attorneys- General and Chief Judges )_4th June 2020 Statement by South- West Attorneys- General Presented by Olawale Fapohunda, Honourable Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice, Ekiti State. The South West Attorneys-General thank the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation (HAGF) for convening this webinar. We appreciate My Lords Honourable Justice Ishaq Bello and Honourable Justice Kashim Zannah for their progressive stance on the use of technology to further the ends of access to justiceWe thank the Solicitor-General of the Federation for reaching out to us all and ensuring that we participate in…
Erelu at 57: to inaugurate ‘reading parents on radio’ with covid-19sensitization The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) is set tocommence another radio programme tagged ‘Reading Parents on Radio’with the maiden edition dedicated to celebrate the 57th birthday ofthe Wife of Governor, Her Excellency, Erelu Bisi Fayemi.A statement made available to newsmen by the Executive Chairman of theEkiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof FranciscaAladejana said the live programme, which is part of efforts of theState Government to promote reading culture amongst school-agechildren and youths in the state, will be aired on Ekiti FM 91.5 onTuesday, 9th June,…
Governors of the 36 states will be holding their 10th teleconference meeting since the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic and the lockdown that resulted there from. This time around the governors will receive memoranda from various groups including a statement from the Nigeria Governors Spouses Forum, headed by the wife of the Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi. The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses Forum is briefing the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on violence against women and children and of course rape, which have become a matter of national emergency as the number of incidences continue to take front burner…
President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to the delay of the process of gazetting of the Executive Order 10 for some concerns of the state governors to be sorted out. Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this to state house correspondents on Monday, after a meeting with representatives of the President. It would be recalled that President Buhari had recently signed the Executive Order 10, which sought to give autonomy to state Legislature and Judiciary. However, state governors, under the NGF platform, had kicked at provisions of the Order, citing constitutional concerns.…
FIRST LADIES AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE(FLA-GBV) A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MEETING HELD VIA ZOOM CONFERENCING BY FIRST LADIES IN NIGERA ON SUNDAY 7TH JUNE 2020 PREAMBLELike most Nigerians, First Ladies have been concerned about the recent spike in cases of violence against women especially rape, which has become disturbingly rampant and more evident during the lockdown necessitated by the COVID-19 Pandemic.This unsavory development informed the meeting of the First Ladies to appraise the present situation and evolve ways to check the alarming rate of sexual violence against women and girls and indeed all forms of violence…
Agriculture development, our main legacy project- Fayemi …says Civic centre, ultra modern market, others for commissioning in October The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that the agriculture development projects embarked on by the administration remain his main legacy project amid other legacy projects. This, according to him is borne out of the need to use agriculture business to drive industrialisation, create employment opportunities and ensure food security in the state. Governor Fayemi who stated this during an inspection of ongoing projects across the state on Friday, expressed confidence that the State’s agro allied cargo airport and…
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