Kayode Fayemi has been sworn in
as the governor of Ekiti state.
Fayemi is succeeding Ayodele
Fayose, who is currently in Abuja to honour an invitation from the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was sworn in at about noon on
Tuesday at the Oluyemi Kayode stadium in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
The former minister of solid
minerals development defeated Kolapo Olusola, Fayose’s deputy governor, to become the number one citizen in the
state.
The inauguration of the governor
was attended by bigwigs of the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the
conspicuous absence of Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the party.
In attendance was Bola Tinubu, a
national leader of the APC; Bisi Akande, pioneer chairman of the party; Nasir
el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state; Enitan Ogunwusi, Ooni of Ife; and many
other royals.
Other dignitaries present at the
occasion include John Oyegun, former national chairman of APC; Babajide
Sanwo-Olu, APC gubernatorial candidate for Lagos; Ibikunle Amosun, governor of
Ogun state; Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Ondo state governor; Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos
governor; Ken Nnamani, ex-senate president; Muhammed Abubakar, Bauchi governor.
In his inaugural speech, Fayemi
said the state will never again have the kind of governance it experienced
under the immediate past administration.
He promised to entrench the
knowledge economy, adding the words of Obafemi Awolowo, the first premier of
the Western region, “human beings are the measure of all things”.
Fayemi said he would resuscitate
the social investment programme, and pay the elderly from time to time.
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