Tag: Fayose
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2019: Fayose has helped put Buhari’s govt on its toes – Balarabe Musa
A former governor of the old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has said Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has helped checkmated the excesses of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by always voicing out his opinion as a member of the opposition. Musa also noted that Fayose exercised his constitutional right when he declared his ambition…
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EFCC probe: Fayose ‘rewards’ released officials with car gifts for ‘loyalty to the state’
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Sunday ‘rewarded’ the Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General, Mrs. Yemisi Owolabi who were recently arrested and released the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). TheNewsGuru.com reports that the two officials spent two weeks in the custody of the anti-graft agency for alleged diversion…
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Fayose diverted N680m bailout funds to a fixed deposit account – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State of diverting the N680 million bailout funds meant for the payment of salaries and pension of civil servants in the state. The amount has been traced to a fixed account which the EFCC claims yields N6 million monthly. The discoveries…
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Delay in Ekiti workers’ salaries not caused by arrest of Fayose’s commissioners – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said the arrest of the Commissioner of Finance, Toyin Ojo and Accountant General, Mrs. Yemisi Owolabi, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not the cause of the delay in the payment of workers’ salaries. The party described the claim by the Chairman of…
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2019: Ladoja backs Fasoye’s presidential ambition
A former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashid Ladoja, on Saturday declared support for Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, who aims to be Nigeria’s president come 2019. After a meeting with Fayose, Ladoja today backed the governor’s bid to contest in the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Despite the…
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Why I declared support for Fayose’s presidential bid – Fani-Kayode
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has explained why he is backing the presidential bid of the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose. Mr. Fayose had on Thursday in Abuja formally declared his intention to run for president in 2019 on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a statement sent to…
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Buhari, APC afraid of imminent defeat in 2019 – Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said the imminent defeat of President Muhammadu Buhari in a free and fair election in 2019 is the major reason the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government is harassing and intimidating his aides and associates. He also said the blunt truth he told Nigerians during his declaration of interest…
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Presidential ambition: ‘Fayose is cantankerous, bent on destroying PDP’– Kashamu
The Senator representing Ogun East, Senator Buruji Kashamu, Thursday rubbished the 2019 presidential ambition of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose describing the governor as a confusionist. Kashamu also labelled Fayose as the number one destroyer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The lawmaker, who reacted to Fayose’s presidential campaign launch in Abuja, noted that the…
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You can’t run for president in 2019, Ex-PDP chair, Nwodo tells Fayose
A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Okwesilieze Nwodo, says Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, cannot contest in the party’s primary poll for 2019 presidential election. He stated this on Thursday in Abuja shortly after Fayose’s formal declaration of his intention to contest for the position of president of…
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Fayose blasts EFCC over arrest of his Finance Commissioner
Ekiti State Government has described the arrest of Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General, Mrs Yemisi Owolabi, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC as an irresponsible action. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Special Assistant to Governor Ayodele Fayose on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said…