Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has approved a major increment in the monthly subvention to the Judiciary and the legislative arm of Government as well as the subvented institutions in the state.
The increment which amounts to N438.9 million monthly is to enable the institutions take care of the new minimum wage and the attendant consequential adjustment for workers.
Beneficiaries of the increment include the Ekiti State Customary Court of Appeal, Ekiti State High Court of Justice; Ekiti State Judicial Service Commission, and Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission.
Others are Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, (EKSU); Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH); Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Ikere Ekiti; Ekiti State Polythecnic, Isan Ekiti; College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti and Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and associated Institutions.
Similarly, the Governor has also approved payment of the outstanding 2020 leave bonus to local government workers, in fulfilment of his promise to defray all outstanding entitlements of workers inherited from previous administrations.
While restating the commitment of his administration to the wellbeing and welfare of workers and retirees, Governor Oyebanji says efforts are being made to ensure payment of all outstanding entitlements including gratuities in line with the continuity and shared prosperity agenda of the government.
He urged workers in the state to remain focused on excellent service delivery and to see themselves as strategic stakeholders in the Ekiti Project.
NNPP warns opposition coalition may fail without unity
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says the planned coalition by opposition parties may fail unless opposition leaders set aside their personal interests and egos.
The State Chairman of NNPP in Ondo State, Pastor Peter Olagookun, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Akure.
According to him, except and until the key actors driving the planned coalition to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), unite, they may not realise their political objectives.
Olagookun urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to forgo his presidential ambition in the 2027 general election and support Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the NNPP instead.
“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Mr Peter Obi, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and others advocating for an opposition coalition should persuade Atiku to step aside from the 2027 presidential race.
“He should support his brother, Kwankwaso, and together they should select a strong candidate from the South as his running mate.
“I believe that with this arrangement, the ruling party will not be able to withstand the opposition.
“But without such unity, the coalition will not work; it will collapse like dust before the 2027 general election,” he cautioned.
Olagookun said that opposition leaders must set aside personal ambitions and rally behind a strong northern candidate—Kwankwaso—as a consensus choice.
According to him, if Atiku steps down, posterity will remember him as a leader who sacrificed his personal ambition for the greater good of the country.
He further stated that Kwankwaso, whom he described as a credible candidate, would lead the opposition to a smooth victory in 2027.
“Kwankwaso is the only man who can defeat the ruling party and rescue Nigeria from its current situation.
“He has genuine, widespread support and well-structured political influence across both the northern and southern regions of the country through his Kwankwasiyya Movement,” he said.
Olagookun also commended Atiku for his role in nation-building and for mobilising key opposition stakeholders ahead of the 2027 election in an effort to rescue the country.
