Featured Politics News

Fayemi takes over as Ekiti governor

By Aliyu DANLADI

Dr Kayode Fayemi has been sworn-in as the sixth Governor of Ekiti, the TBI Africa reports.

The state Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, administered the Oath of Office on Fayemi on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti.

Fayemi, a former Minister of Mines and Steel,  was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 197, 459 votes against his closest opponent, Prof. Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 178,121 votes.

He will serve for only four years having been governor of the state between 2010 and 2014 under the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

NPresident Muhammadu Buhari was represented at the event by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha.

Also present were the Governors of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufa’i; Oyo, Abiola Ajumobi; Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu, and Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode.

Related posts

Confusion as NDDC says it signed MoU for railway project

Editor

British envoy calls for free, fair, credible, election in Ekiti

Editor

FG Counters Obaseki, Denies Printing N60bn to Augment FAAC

Our Reporter

JAMB registers 1.1m candidates, remits N600m CBT centre charges

Our Reporter

COP26 Conference: British Envoy calls for strategy on Nigeria’s nationally determined contributions

Our Reporter

Agency to begin demolition of illegal structures in Lagos

Meletus EZE