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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 1, 2016 13:11:17 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 1, 2016 13:17:22 GMT
I've been recieving alerts on this Fayemi-Fayose brouhaha but I don't even bother clicking the links  |
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 1, 2016 20:40:45 GMT
Ekiti Spends Over N1bn On Ecological Projects In 5months – Official
The Ekiti Government said on Tuesday that it has expended over one billion naira (N1 billion) on ecological projects between October, 2015 and February, 2016 The State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Bisi Kolawole, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, that seven of the projects have been completed, while three were ongoing. He said that the projects executed include dredging of stream channels, construction of access culverts and reconstruction of failed culverts. Kolawole, who frowned at the careless attitude of the citizens to their environment, appealed to them to compliment the efforts of the state government at ensuring a clean environment. “The attitude of our people to their environment is not encouraging because there are so many culverts that were blocked with waste and filth thrown inside them by the people. “I want to appeal to our people that they should complement the efforts of the state government by ensuring that they clear their drains at least once or twice a month. “If our people can inculcate that attitude of cleanliness, the state will be clean and government will have less work to do. “We can as well use the money spent on clearing the drains and culverts on other infrastructure that are beneficial to the people,” he said. Kolawole listed the completed projects in the past five months to include: earth dredging of stream channels in Ado-Ekiti-Basiri-Ofin, Odo-Ayo (Bawa estate). Others are: NTA/Orubuloye/Omisanjana/Christ’s Girls school to Dallimore, Emirin/Poly road, while dredging of stream channels were also carried out in Ilawe-Ekiti, in Ekiti South west local government area of the state. The commissioner also said that construction of access culverts were carried out at different spots in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, Otun-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, while failed culverts were also repaired. He, however, listed the three ongoing projects to include erosion control works at Erio-Ekiti, in Ekiti West Local Government Area, earth dredging in Ado-Ekiti. He also listed de-silting of blocked drains and culverts in some parts of Ado-Ekiti and Ifaki-Ekiti, in Ido/Osi local government area of the state as part of the ongoing project. Leadership |
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 2, 2016 21:48:08 GMT
Fayose promises Ekiti technicians, artisans N200m village
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that his administration, in conjunction with some banks, would build an artisans’ village along Ikere Road, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. He made the disclosure in Ado-Ekiti while meeting with artisans and members of the Nigerian Automobile Technicians Association (NATA) at the Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado-Ekiti. In a press release on Wednesday by Mr. Idowu Adelusi, the Chief Press Secretary, the governor was quoted as saying that the project could cost the state about N200 million. The meeting, which was called to resolve the dispute between the Ekiti Artisans’ Association and NATA over the parcel of land where the proposed village would be built, resolve?d that a committee should be set up to find ways in which the two unions could work together. While pleading their case before the governor, ? Mr. Alo Babatunde, the Ekiti State chairman of NATA, said the land was allocated to them by the state government during the first tenure of Fayose about 10 years ago, and that the National Automotive Council had concluded plans to build an automotive centre for them on the land. He said members of his association were surprised to hear that the other group had gone there early this year to clear the plot for another purpose. However, Mr. Julius Adu, chairman of the artisans’ group, said Governor Fayose promised them a parel of land for their village last year and state officials showed them the place. While intervening in the matter, the governor thanked both sides for maintaining peace and not taking the law into their hands over the matter. “You have not taken the law into your hands.? People want to hear whatever I want to say because you people are supporting and backing me.? Most governments of the past had no time for you.? The government cannot solve all problems but must listen to the people. “Things are getting critical every day, as far as economic issues are concerned. We are daily confronted with new challenges. The allocation we got this month is not up to half of our wage bill, but we have to shoulder on?. “What you people are asking for is legitimate. But we must find a mid-course to solve the matter. We will set up a committee, with members drawn from both sides and government officials to resolve it. An artisans’ village will be built there and we will approach the banks to borrow us the money to do that. It will be a way of empowering you,” he said. Today Ng
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 2, 2016 21:49:38 GMT
I think this is highly commendable considering the fact that its coming from Gorimakpa. I'm impressed
colonial pikin , you think he's getting back to his senses
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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 3, 2016 2:19:44 GMT
I think this is highly commendable considering the fact that its coming from Gorimakpa. I'm impressed
colonial pikin , you think he's getting back to his senses nope....I'll take it seriously when it is built or at least commenced....politicians lie a lot. |
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 4, 2016 13:30:52 GMT
Nigeria: As Forestry Law Takes Effect, Ekiti Begins Clampdown On Illegal Loggers
Ado-Ekiti — The Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed the Ekiti State Forestry Bill, 2016 into law, stating that forest thieves would henceforth be committed to jail, rather than be fined. The passage of the bill into law followed an extensive debate by the Assembly members at Thursday's plenary over the various losses the state government has incurred in recent time due to activities of illegal loggers. In his comment after the bill had been passed into law, Speaker of the House, Right Hon. Kola Oluwawole, maintained that the House would not sit down and fold its arms while some unscrupulous elements siphoned the state commonwealth. He commended his colleagues for their robust contributions to the plenary debate prior to passing of the bill into law. The development followed a motion moved by Honourable Dayo Akinleye, who acted as leader of business, and seconded by Honourable Temitope Fasanmi. The chairman of the House Committee on Health, Dr Babajide Omotosho, who also canvassed for a speedy passage of the law, the state government needed to look inwards in the face of dwindling oil revenue. "At this time that the country is facing economic recession, the state needs to look inwards to other means generating income. The forestry resources are part of these other means. The bill, if signed into law, will checkmate those who are in the habit of going into government forest reserves without following the legal process and cutting government economic trees without following due process," he said. Meanwhile, government has impounded another set of over 2,500 planks from four different loading points at Aramoko Ekiti. The State Commissioner for Environment, Chief Bisi Kolawole who made this known in Ado Ekiti said that the development was a result of the close watch of the dark spots used by unscrupulous timber contractors to defraud the State. Stressing that the present administration would not allow any fraudulent person or group of people to continue fleecing the State with impunity, Kolawole said that the high-powered task force and enforcement unit set up by the State Government would continue to monitor the activities of timber contractors towards ensuring compliance to lay down procedures and curbing all forms of sharp practices. He warned timber contractors to desist from felling and processing more than the number of trees approved for them stressing that Government would continue to impound all illegally fell trees. All Africa |
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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 7, 2016 17:56:50 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 12, 2016 14:58:25 GMT
Herdsmen destroy Fed Poly Ado Ekiti farms, Rector cries for help
Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, on Friday raised concerns over alleged invasion and subsequent destruction of the institution’s farmlands by suspected herdsmen.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Taiwo Akande, said at a pre- convocation news conference in Ado-Ekiti that the institution had lost several millions in monetary terms to the menace.
She called on the Federal Government to intervene in the crisis.
She added that the police and eminent Nigerians like Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) whose university is located directly opposite the polytechnic had intervened to stop further damage but to no avail.
“This menace of these herdsmen has been most destructive on many of our demonstration farms and pilot plantations.
“It is most painful to also disclose that some of the pilot farm projects, academic, research demonstration farms and recently established plantations on which we pinned our hope for future revenue enhancement have been destroyed one after the other by these people.
“They will bring their animals to the campus environment and eat up every green thing in sight,” she said.
According to her, this systematic destruction of the institution’s farms and project has been on for more than two years.
Akande also said another major problem confronting the polytechnic was the activities of land grabbers and illegal settlers.
The rector also listed continued dwindling resources arising from low funding by the Federal Government and poor patronage by the private sector in terms of endowment as part of current challenges of the polytechnic.
She appealed to the Federal Government to make polytechnic education more attractive to Nigerian admission seekers and sponsors alike by removing the age-long dichotomy between it and the university.
TheNewsNigeria
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 15, 2016 12:50:58 GMT
Private schools shut in Ekiti State as proprietors protest tax policy
Proprietors of private schools in Ekiti State on Monday shut their schools to protest government’s new tax policy as it affects them. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protest was against the alleged introduction of N1,000 “Education Development Levy” per term per pupil by the state government. Government had announced N1,000 levy each on students in secondary schools, while those in primary schools are to pay N500. The government in a circular from the Ministry of Education extended the levy to private schools. Alhaji Saka Adeleye, the President of the National Association of Proprietors and Proprietress of Private Schools, Ekiti State chapter, who addressed a news conference on Monday in Ado-Ekiti, said the schools would remain closed for three days. Adeleye described the levy as multiple taxation, adding that government had imposed different taxes on them. He listed the taxes to include Annual Renewal Fee, Personal Income Tax, Pay as You Earn for staff, Personal Development Fee, Registration of Business Premises Fee, Environment Levy, Vehicle Permit Fee and Tenement Rate. Adeleye said before the decision to close down the schools was taken, several attempts were made to meet the state Governor, Ayo Fayose. He said: “We have made several attempts to meet the governor but all efforts proved abortive. “Even the meeting we were able to have with the Commissioner for Education ended half way as he was summoned by the governor midway into the meeting. “He promised to get back to us but till this moment, we never heard from him.” The Eagle |
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Post by colonial pikin on Mar 16, 2016 10:15:37 GMT
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Post by dansoye1 on Mar 21, 2016 19:28:07 GMT
Ekiti Government Checks Over-Billing of Parents by Private School OwnersAs part of efforts to check over-billing of parents by owners of private primary and secondary schools, the Ekiti State Government has mandated them to clearly define items on the bills they are giving to parents to pay in respect of their wards and children. Also, the state government has said no school owner should hide under the guise of paying the mandatory Education Levy to the government to exploit parents or charge parents more than N500 per term for students in primary school and N1000 per term for students in secondary school. To help parents check any erring school owner, a Parent Complaint Section has been set up in the Ministry of Education where violators of government’s orders should be reported to. The State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, gave this directive at a meeting with some concerned parents at the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti. In a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, on Sunday, the stance of the governor followed the discovery that some school owners were charging parents more than the approved levy. It was discovered that most private school owners charged double the amount stipulated by the state government. “You can see the various bills brought from some schools. In most cases, they charged double the levy, this is exploitation. But look at what some of them paid to the state government, so they are profiting from it. Those schools must either refund the affected parents the excess charges or carry the excess to the next term, in which case parents that have paid double the amount won’t pay next term. “Henceforth, no school must charge more than the amount stated by the state government, any defaulter will be seriously dealt with. Also, school must clearly state items they are charging parents for and the amount. Lumping everything together is no longer allowed. Ministry of Education officials will be going round to monitor the situation and anybody found wanting will have him or herself to blame. “Those saying the fee or payment method be reviewed, that is not possible. The introduction of the levy followed the recommendation of the Education Summit we held last year. Moreover, those in public primary and secondary schools are also paying the levy,” he said. The Governor also warned that no amount of blackmail would deter the government from implementing policies meant to better the lot of the people of the state. ekitistate.gov.ng/2016/03/ekiti-government-checks-over-billing-of-parents-by-private-school-owners/
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 23, 2016 14:24:05 GMT
Court stops Ekiti Airport project
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose’s dream of building an airport has suffered a setback as land owners and plantation farmers displaced from the land on Wednesday secured a major court victory. A High Court in Ado-Ekiti ruled that the forceful takeover of the land for the airport project and the destruction of economic trees, crops and buildings erected there were unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal, null, void and of no effect. Justice Dele Omotoso, in his judgment, also ordered the payment N5million as general damages to the claimants for the loss they suffered for the damage of their crops and economic trees. The claimants are Faluyi Ayeni and eight others, who sued for themselves and on behalf of land owners and farmers of Iwajo, Aso Ayegunle Farm Settlement along Ado-Ijan Road. The defendants are Fayose, Commissioner for Works, Commissioner for Lands and Housing, and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state. Justice Omotoso held that the purported revocation of the Right of Occupancy of the claimants to their respective parcels of land was unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal, null and void and of no effect. Another relief granted in favour of the claimants was a declaration that the forcible entry into their farmsteads by the Defendants ,their agents, servants, privies and assigns on October 2, 2015 was unlawful, illegal, unconstitutional, inequitable, wreak of injustice and violation of their fundamental human rights. The court further held that the forcible entry into the farmsteads of the claimants on October 2, 2015 and subsequent occasions to clear and remove their crops and buildings without proper enumeration of the crops thereof while purportedly acting on Notice of Revocation dated September 18, 2015 was unlawful, illegal, unconstitutional and ineffective to divest the Claimants of their interest rights on their respective land. The court equally granted an order of injunction restraining the Defendants, their agents, servants, privies, workmen, appointees, consultants from treating the Rights of Occupancy of the Claimants as having been revoked by virtue of the Notice of Revocation captioned Land Use Act Nigeria dated September 18, 2015. The defendants and their agents were also restrained from forcibly entering, trespassing, coercing, intimidating, harassing or in any other manner whatsoever from gaining access to the farms and landed property of the claimants. The court also granted an injunction sought by the claimants restraining the defendants from further removing, harvesting, clearing or otherwise damaging the economic crops, buildings and chattels on the land. Dailypost.ng |
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 23, 2016 14:24:19 GMT
Now this is good news
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 31, 2016 1:58:59 GMT
Nigeria: Ekiti Varsity to Float Bakery, Block, Water Industries
As part of measures to shore up their internally generated revenue, authorities of the Ekiti State University have concluded arrangement to float money making ventures such as bakery, block, water industries, among others. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Samuel Oye Bandele, said the subventions from the state government were no longer enough to pay salaries, meet other sundry expenses and execute projects. At a press conference in Ado Ekiti at the weekend, Bandele expressed confidence that by the time the school completes the implementation of the outcome of the internally generated revenue and academic summits held recently in the institution, "EKSU will become a pride to all of us." Bandele said the implementation of some of the resolutions arrived at had tremendously shored up the revenues of the university. Allafrica.com |
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