The Ekiti State Government has suspended the distribution of free employment forms to holders of NCE and University Degrees in Education applying for employment as teachers in public primary schools in the state. A statement from the Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof Francisca Aladejana said the suspension was to avert a stampede following an unprecedented crowd of both suitably qualified and unqualified applicants that thronged the venue of the exercise in Ado-Ekiti. According to the statement, the Board suspended the exercise after it was discovered that many of the applicants that thronged the venue…
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Director General, Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (MEDA), Otunba Kayode Fasae said the Agency, through organised Microfinance banks in Ekiti state, have recovered Thirty Million and Three Hundred Thousand Naira from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund disbursed to businesses in the state. Fasae said this during a meeting with representatives of Microfinance banks in Ekiti State to discuss easy access of loans by entrepreneurs and business owners. Fasae said the meeting was held to formulate action plans on tackling issues militating loans policy and access to adequate funding. “This meeting is basically a follow up on our…
The Ekiti State Government has declared a state of emergency in the water sector in the bid to solve the acute shortage of potable water supply across the state. The state government recently flagged-off a $56 million Ero Dam turnaround project to meet 85 per cent of water needs of the people. Gov. Kayode Fayemi said at the ceremony that the state had declared a state of emergency in the water sector in the state by the flag-off of the project. The project is being handled by Sagittarius Henan Engineering. The five-year project is to be completed by June 2020.…
Ekiti State Government has procured equipment worth #109 million (one hundred and nine million naira) which will be distributed to all public secondary schools in the first week of 2019/2020 academic session in September. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola who made this known in Ado-Ekiti while playing host to the Chairman and members of the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology stressed the commitment of the Fayemi-led administration to the provision of a more conducive teaching and learning environment in all public schools in the state. The Commissioner lamented that the immediate past…
I have been away from social media for a while due to work commitments at Jaguar Land Rover. I am shocked to learn that my friend Omoyele Sowore has collected money from treacherous politicians, and then in return has asked for a GanjaRevolution that could lead to total breakdown of law and order, loss of human lives (mainly our misguided youth) and wanton destruction of properties! So, what happened to you Sowore bro, from being a democrat and a presidential candidate in 2019 to an insane violent anarchist, who wants to seize power from a democratically elected government that you…
The staff school of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic will be privatized and investors are being invited to take advantage of the business opportunity. As at now the cost of running the school is N74,000,000.00 (Seventy Four Million Naira)in one year whereas the total income from the school every year is N4,000,000.00 (Four Million Naira ONLY ): This is not sustainable. The Governing Council have therefore decided to privatize the school: All the employees employed directly by the Polytechnic will return to the polytechnic Employment while efforts are being made to persuade the investors and the ministry of education to absorb other…
The Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II on Sunday played host to thousands of Ile Ife natives and guests from other parts of the country to celebrate the 2019 edition of the annual yam festival. While addressing the multitude at his Ile Oodua Palace in the town, the Ooni who was flanked by his beautiful queen, Olori Silekunola Ogunwusi(Yeyeluwa) and Obalufe of Iremo-Ife, Oba Idowu Adediwura, told his audience which included farmers and traders priests across the land that peaceful coexistence is the secret to economic prosperity. Ooni, the Co-Chairman of National Council of…
Toni Morrison, who chronicled the African American experience in fiction over five decades, has died aged 88. In a statement on Tuesday, her family and publisher Knopf confirmed that the author died in Montefiore Medical Center in New York on Monday night after a short illness. Describing her as “our adored mother and grandmother”, Morrison’s family said: “Although her passing represents a tremendous loss, we are grateful she had a long, well lived life. While we would like to thank everyone who knew and loved her, personally or through her work, for their support at this difficult time, we ask…
Chairman of the Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission, Mr. Samuel Abejide has commended members of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ekiti State for their positive disposition to Governor Kayode Fayemi-led administration. Mr. Samuel Abejide gave the commendation at a meeting of the commission with the executive members of NULGE led by its president, Comrade Bunmi Ajimoko. The Chairman, who implored members of the Union to remain steadfast to the ideal of good governance which Fayemi-led administration stood for, urged them to resist being used against their interest as was the case in the last administration. He said…
The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has announced a temporary suspension of the ongoing recruitment of teachers into public primary schools in the state. This followed the huge crowd of job seekers that thronged the headquarters of the board in Ado-Ekiti on Monday. A good percentage of the applicants do not fall into the category of personnel advertised by the board. The Chairman of the Board, Prof. Francisca Aladejana disclosed the postponement in an interview with journalists in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday,, hours after the commencement of the exercise. She said the recruitment process was put on hold…
