Oyebanji pledges to sustain development pace in Ekiti

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has reiterated his commitment to sustaining the pace of development in the state, assuring that his administration will not relent in its efforts at creating an enabling environment for economic growth, infrastructure development, and social welfare of the citizens.

Oyebanji thanked President Bola Tinubu for putting in place economic policies that had ceded more funds to the states including Ekiti, “thereby paving the way for greater development.”

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Yinka Oyebode, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Saturday that the governor spoke in Lagos on Friday shortly after he received the Vanguard Newspapers’ Personality of the Year (Good Governance) Award, and Energy Times Magazine’s Energy Governor of the Year Award at two separate events.

The governor was represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr Niyi Adebayo, at the Vanguard Newspaper Award which took place at Eko Hotel and Suites, just as the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Prof Bolaji Aluko, stood in for him at the Energy Times Award, which held at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.

Oyebanji said the awards, like the previous ones, “Belong to the people of Ekiti State, who have demonstrated unprecedented support for our administration’s development agenda.

“The recognitions have further placed a necessity on us to do more in terms of lifting the living standards of the people through the right mix of life-transforming programmes, policies and projects.”

He thanked Ekiti people at home and in the Diaspora for their support for his administration, stressing that the support of the people had been of tremendous encouragement.

At the Vanguard Awards, he said the honour was a reflection of his administration’s visionary policies and impactful people-oriented programmes that had successfully repositioned the state and a motivation to sustain the pace of development and continue building a prosperous state for all.

He assured that his administration would continue to uphold the principles of good governance while delivering impactful projects that align with the needs and aspirations of the people.

At the Energy Awards, the governor promised to continue to work towards ensuring a stable power supply across the nooks and crannies of the state to create an enabling environment for investors, boost the local economy and ensure more rapid economic growth.

He said that his administration, within two years, had successfully reconnected many communities to the national grid, with moves to ensure adequate house metering, while the state Independent Power Plant was being fortified for wider coverage.

He said that the remarkable impacts had attracted both public and private key players to the state.

Oyebanji noted that his administration had creatively navigated the murk waters of regulatory restrictions that had hitherto hindered stable electricity supply with a view to attracting investors to boost the economic status of the state.