Tag: Fayose
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Road projects: Residents tackle Fayose over demolition of shrines, houses
There was pandemonium on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital as residents resisted the demolition of some shrines and houses by officials of the state government. The ongoing demolition of structures in Ado-Ekiti is part of the urban renewal policy of Governor Ayo Fayose’s administration. During the pandemonium, adherents of the deities at the shrines…
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Fayose speaks on Buhari’s approval of $1bn, reveals how money will be spent
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has queried President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency. He described it as pooling of public funds for the purpose of funding President Buhari’s reelection as well as the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. The governor…
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Looters list: Buhari presiding over most corrupt govt in history – Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has faulted the list of alleged looters released by the Federal Government on Sunday. Fayose described the list as a “concocted and afterthought to cover the shame of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.” The governor also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of presiding over “the most corrupt government in…
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God showed me Buhari will lose in 2019 – Fayose
The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Peter Fayose has said that God has showed him in a dream that President Muhammadu Buhari will not come back in office in 2019. He stated this at a political function in Aba, commercial city of Abia state on Monday. Fayose recalled that he warned Nigerians of a dream…
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N-Power: Police avert bloody clash between Buhari, Fayose’s supporters in Ekiti
A timely intervention by the Police and other security agencies prevented what would have been a bloody clash between youths groups supporting President Muhammadu Buhari and those rooting for Governor Ayo Fayose on Saturday. The Buhari supporters who are beneficiaries of the Npower scheme had gathered at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) for…
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[Video] Fayose takes ‘stomach infrastructure’ initiative to Enugu Market, buys carrot, cucumber
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose took his stomach infrastrucuture initiative to Enugu Market yesterday when he visited the state. He was received by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. After a meeting, the two leaders took a walk round town. Crowds cheered as the governors, under tight security, waved back in appreciation. In a video published on Saturday,…
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Ekiti 2018: Fayose orders removal of unauthorised posters, campaign billboards
The Ekiti Government on Tuesday pulled down gubernatorial campaign billboards erected in any part of the state without official permission and payment of attached fees. The government said there was no going back on its resolve to put a stop to indiscriminate mounting of billboards and littering of the environment with posters and leaflets. The…
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Benue killings: Fayose lampoons Buhari’s ignorance about IGP’s disregard for his order
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose says he wonders if President Muhammadu Buhari “really knows anything” about happenings in the country. Fayose said this while reacting to Buhari’s comment on Monday that he was not aware Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, disobeyed his orders. Shortly after 73 persons were killed in January following clashes between farmers…
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Buhari’s aide, Ojudu joins Ekiti guber race, says ‘bye bye to Fayose’s useless govt’
Senator Babafemi Ojudu has promised to probe the ‘useless government’ of Ayo Fayose, if he is elected the governor of the state on 14 July 2018. Ojudu, who is the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari on Political Matters, made his intentions known at a rally held at Ado Ekiti, the State Capital, during which…
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Visit: Residents of Taraba, Benue, others won’t be hoodwinked by your ‘cosmetic sympathy’, Fayose tells Buhari
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said residents of troubled Taraba, Benue, Zamfara, Yobe and Rivers states won’t be hoodwinked by President Muhammadu Buhari’s belated visit. The governor emphasized that the president never deemed it fit to visit the states when it matters most. Fayose, in a statement issued on Monday by his Special…