Tag: Fayemi
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Fayemi tests for Coronavirus, urges colleague governors to do same immediately
Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has told all governors to go into self-isolation immediately after being exposed to contacts who have tested positive for Coronavirus. Recall that Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday and Tuesday respectively. Bala…
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Coronavirus: Fayemi bans gathering of over 20 people, orders civil servants to work from home
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has ordered some categories of civil servants in the state to work from home in view of the raging Coronavirus pandemic. The governor also banned gatherings above 20 people and directed all schools from primary to tertiary level be closed indefinitely. In a statewide broadcast on Friday, the governor…
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Query to royals: Fayemi visits Alaafin of Oyo
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi on Sunday paid a visit to Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo. The governor visited the traditional ruler days after the letter Oba Adeyemi wrote to him went viral. In the letter, the monarch had asked Fayemi to be very careful in the manner he handles the leadership crisis rocking the…
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QUERY TO ROYALS: Don’t disrespect Obas, Alaafin warns Fayemi
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity. Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.” The monarch stated this in a…
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‘ROYALS-HUMBLED’: Fayemi queries 11 Obas over insubordination
Ekiti State Government has asked no fewer than 11 traditional rulers to give reasons for their non-cooperation with the administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi. This was contained in a memo, entitled, “Re-Absence from State Functions and Council of Traditional Rulers’ Monthly Meetings” which was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs,…
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Ekiti dismisses 3 randy secondary school teachers
Ekiti Government on Friday announced the immediate dismissal from service of the three public secondary school teachers accused of sexually harassing their female students. The State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), which made this known in Ado Ekiti, said the board dismissed the erring teachers for sexual molestation and for bringing the state into disrepute. Their…
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Osinbajo, Akeredolu, Fayemi, others pay tributes as Mimiko buries mum
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, advised Nigerians to always contribute their quota to the development of the country. Osinbajo gave the advice at the final burial ceremony of Muniat Deborah Mimiko, mother of former governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko, in Ondo town. The final burial ceremony of the late Muniat Mimiko, mother of…
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Nine APC, PDP governors, other dignitaries storm Ekiti for Fayemi’s 55th birthday
Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, was agog on Sunday for the 55th birthday of Governor John Kayode Fayemi. Governors, top politicians, monarchs, clerics, friends, students, farmers, the young and the elderly, gaily dressed market men and women as well as other well-wishers accompanied the governor to St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Agere in the capital town.…