- I Must Clear My Name - Aribisogan Traditional rulers in Ekiti State have urged the impeached Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, to withdraw the suit he has filed against his impeachment from the court. The monarchs at a peace meeting held at the Ewi's palace in Ado Ekiti on Monday urged Aribisogan to obey their resolution to withdraw the case he filed in court  and should know that he has a political future in the state. This was part of the five-point resolution arrived at during a peace meeting brokered by the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers to resolve the dispute brought about by change in leadership in the Assembly. The Ekiti Obas led by their Chairman, the Onisan of Isan Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ayodele Adejuwon, in the resolution with the two sides in the dispute reasoned that 22 members in the Assembly have thrown their weight behind the new Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba. The traditional rulers called on Aribisogan to go back a

  Ekiti State Head of Service, Barrister Bamidele Agbede has commended the state civil service for its productivity, proactive nature, commitment and dedication to duty saying these qualities have adjudged it the best in the country. Barrister Agbede stated this on Friday while assessing the outcome of the three- day Ministerial briefing chaired by the state Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji. He said if given the right incentive to work, the state civil servants will excel in whatever assignment given to them. The Head of Service noted that the Ekiti Civil Service has the ability to do things better than before, stressing that government had concluded plans to digitalize all operations of the service. Agbede said  the three-day briefing was a normal process of government that will enable a new Governor understand the functions, achievements and challenges of all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in order  to equip him with necessary information that would help him chart a way

The Government of Ekiti State has sounded a note of caution to members of the public, especially publishers of online newspapers, bloggers and publishing  companies against indiscriminate and unauthorised use of  the state's official logo.  Similarly, the state government dissociated itself from and condemns recent use of the state logo by some online media outfits to illustrate defamatory news reports, thereby making such reports appear as official position of government. “Members of the public, particularly online publishers should kindly note that the Ekiti State logo remains the property of the state government and is backed by law. “For the purpose of clarification, the  Ekiti State logo can only be used by authorised officials and on official documents. “Consequently, any illegal, unauthorised and indiscriminate use of the logo is a violation of the law and the state would not hesitate in applying relevant laws to deal with unauthorised users. “The Government of Ekiti State s

Shortly after Fountain Newsbreaker published the press release by Hon Adeoye Aribasoye, a lawyer and new Chairman House Committee on Media, his counterpart, Hon Tajudeen Akingbolu, also a lawyer called for an interview over what he called an "illegal action" by his colleagues. The interview which was conducted by our ASSISTANT EDITOR, Fadekemi Oniyelu goes thus; Fountain Newsbreaker: What's your reaction to your suspension from Ekiti State House of Assembly by your colleagues? Hon Akingbolu: Please, a point of correction there, I'm not a suspended house of Assembly member Fountain Newsbreaker: But that's according to the release by the House Committee Chairman on Media, Hon Adeoye Aribasoye, your professional colleague Hon Akingbolu: Yes, I saw it and that's why I called you for a fair hearing. Whatever is the interest of your newspaper in this matter, I believe you must operate professionally by hearing from the other side. Fountain Newsbreaker ; It'

....Says personal vendetta  will inflame crisis A group acting under the banner of  Ekiti Development Agenda, has warned stakeholders interfering in the bedlam rocking the Ekiti State House of Assembly against bringing personal vendetta and venom, to avert the already charged situation from festering into a full scale war. The group stoutly maintained  that stakeholders meddling  in the factional crisis raging in the legislature was normal and apposite, but cautioned that such shouldn't be laced with vindictive tendency that could exacerbate the imbroglio. The body was making copious allusion  to the joint statement signed by seven Legal Legends and Senior Advoccates of Nigeria, including Chief Afe Babalola, Wole Olanipekun and five others, labelling the removal of Hon Gboyega Aribisogan as the Speaker of the House as a "coup d'etat". The erudite Lawyers in the highly scathing epistle, warned politicians against being despotic and brazenly inordinate in the pursuit of

BELOW IS A  STATEMENT BY  HONOURABLE  ADEGOKE OLAJIDE   TO PEOPLE OF EFON CONSTITUENCY ON HIS ILLEGAL SUSPENSION AS A MEMBER OF THE EKITI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY “You all are by now aware of my purported suspension, along with six other colleagues of mine, as a member of the  Ekiti  State House of Assembly which unfortunate news had been widely circulated since mid-morning on Monday, 21 st  November, 2022. “Although I knew that the suspension was illegal, ultra vires and legally uns us tainable, I deliberately refrained from making any comment about the matter until now because I wanted to be formally informed of my alleged offence. “Yesterday, I received a letter from the House of Assembly which accused me of “involvement in unpatriotic acts that led to non-passage of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill” and “unpatriotic and  unparliamentary conduct capable of threatening the peace of the State”. “I hereby wish to inform  Efon  people in particular and the entire  Ekiti  public

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji. has reiterated the commitment of his administration towards ensuring that all roads in the state are motorable as an impetus to economic development of the state. Governor Oyebanji stated this in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday when he and some top officials inspected some township road rehabilitation projects in Ado- Ekiti.  He said his government was determined in ensuring that Ekiti people enjoy the dividends of democracy in every way possible. The inspection took the team from Odo-Ado to Atikankan to Isato Oke where the Governor assured the people that they would surely feel the positive impact of government in the coming years. While appealing for the continuous prayers and cooperation of the people of the state with his government, Oyebanji assured Ekiti citizens that they will soon begin to see the implementation of the various programmes that would lift their lives including provision of structures for business development in the state. “From my

• As APC leaders present Adelugba to Governor    Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has reiterated his commitment to the rule of law and separation of powers affirming that he did not interfere in the affairs of the State Assembly nor had a preferred candidate for any leadership position of the House. The Governor, who stated this on Tuesday when the new Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly was officially presented to him by the  APC leadership in the state led by the party chairman, Barr. Paul Omotoso at the Governor’s office, noted that it was inappropriate for jim to meddle with the activities of the Legislators, adding that as the Chief Security Officer of the state, he was saddled with the responsibility of ensuring protection of lives and property. Mr Oyebanji expressed his appreciation to the leadership of the APC in the state for resolving the family disagreement saying it was not a crisis because democracy comes with strains and stresses as well as internal mechanism

The attention of the Ekiti State House of Assembly has been drawn to a letter circulating on the social media written by a combination of Senior Advocates of Nigeria.  The letter is about the concern of the legal luminaries led by Aare Afe Babalola about the recent change of leadership in the Ekiti State house of Assembly leading to the impeachment of Rt. Hon Gboyega Aribisogan who was replaced with Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba.  We recognise the right of the legal luminaries as stakeholders in Ekiti state and we respect their opinion and advice but that is where it ends.  We wish to let the reading public know that members of Ekiti state House of Assembly feel a sense of injustice by the one sided opinion  and biased intervention of the legal luminaries who are also elderstatemen. The principle of justice all over the world is that all sides to a conflict must be heard and it is only then that justice could be seen to have been done.  It is unfortunate that our elderstatemen did not hea

… Chairs 3- day ministerial briefings Ekiti State Governor, Mr Abayomi Oyebanji on Wednesday concluded a three- day Ministerial Briefings by heads of MDAs in a bid to review performance and rejig their activities in preparation for the realization of the 2023 budget. The briefings which started on Monday and ended on Wednesday at the Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti also had the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye; the Secretary to the State Government, Dr (Mrs) Habibat Adubiaro; Head of Service, Barr. Bamidele Agbede and other Executive Council members in attendance. The Governor, who also expressed the decision of his administration to utilize potentials of various arms of government to drive his administration's agenda for policy implementation, stated that the essence of the briefings was not to chastise or witch-hunt any office on performance, but to know the facts on running of government programmes in the respective MDAs and Parastatals. He cha

Last week, the members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly elected a new Speaker, Honourable Gboyega Aribisogan to replace Honourable Niyi Afuye who recently passed on. Even though the election of the new leaders of the House was adjudged fair and free the Ekiti State Police Command was reported to have sealed off the House of Assembly complex based on intelligence report that some disgruntled elements were planning to set it ablaze and attack the democratically elected leaders of the House. We commend the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Moronkeji Adesina for foiling the dubious plan of the criminally minded elements. However, we call on the Police Chief to provide adequate security for the members of the House to discharge their constitutional duty of enacting laws for the State and attend to matters of urgent importance.  We are compelled to advise the Chief Security Officer of Ekiti State, Governor Biodun Oyebanji to take charge and ensure the immediate restoration of law a

… as Ekiti Gov calls on wealthy people to assist the less privileged A prominent lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has called on Ekiti indigenes at home and in the Diaspora to shelve their political and religious toga and support Governor Biodun Oyebanji in his quest for a sustainable development of the state. Chief Olanipekun, who stated this in Ikere Ekiti on Saturday, during the 26th edition of the annual Chief Wole Olanipekun Scholarship Scheme and 3rd Olanipekun Empowerment Programme, charged all Ekiti people to contribute their ideas and counsel to the present administration to enable it achieve great success in the development of the state saying ‘Ideas rule the world’. He commended Governor Oyebanji for being the first Chief Executive of the state to embark on consultation with leaders from the state, regardless of their political affiliation, before being sworn in. He added that that singular step would help him take decisions that would be in the best interest of the state

The Special Adviser on Media to the late Speaker of the House of Assembly and former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Ekiti State, Akogun Tai Oguntayo and 15 others have been appointed as coordinators for the 16 Local Government of Ekiti State for Trade and Economic APC Campaign Council which has the for former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Modupe Adelabu as the Deputy Director for the Directorate. A press release by the Ekiti State Coordinator of the Committee who doubles as a member of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Margret Fagboyo, lists other Local Government Coordinators as;  Tosin Aluko (Ado Ekiti), Mary Faje (Ekiti South West), Dr Bola Solanke (Moba), Bunmi Agunbiade (Ido-Osi), Femi Fatunla (Ikole), Moses Ademiloye (Gbonyin), Muyiwa Babatunde Oke (Ikere), Bunmi Adelugba (Emure), Bose Yakubu (Ijero) and Bose Olowookere(Efon LGA). According to the release, the terms and reference for the committee are to; design strategies and mobilize market woman an

• Urges members to prioritize state interest  Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Monday presided over the inaugural meeting of the State's Executive Council with a charge to members to put the interest of the State above personal interest and other considerations. The meeting which took place at the EXCO Chamber, Governor's Office, Ado Ekiti, had in attendance, the Deputy Governor, Chief ( Mrs) Monisade Afuye; who is the deputy chairman and other appointees.  Briefing Journalists at the end of the meeting, the Chief Press Secretary to the  Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, said the inaugural meeting which came barely 16 days after the swearing-in of Governor Oyebanji, featured administration of oaths for the new members- Dr ( Mrs ) Habibat Adubiaro ( Secretary to the State Government) and Mr Dayo Apata, (Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice). "Thereafter, the  meeting took and approved the  presentation on the 2022-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)