2026: Ekiti Will joyfully return APC to Power, says Oyebanji.

2026: Ekiti Will joyfully return APC to Power, says Oyebanji.

...community leaders laud gov's diligent execution of budgets.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has said that his superlative performance and groundswell of support from the citizens have reinforced his confidence that Ekiti residents made the right choice during the 2022 election that produced him. 

Oyebanji said Ekiti voters won't blink an eyelid nor hesitate before returning the All Progressives Congress back to power in the June 20, 2026 governorship poll. 

The Governor revealed that the 2025 budget has been implemented up to 75 percent, which he said signposted his unshaken fidelity to budget execution. 

Oyebanji spoke in Otun and Ijero Ekiti, at separate  citizens' engagement/Town Hall Meetings held  with stakeholders in Ekiti North and Ekiti Central Senatorial Districts towards the preparation of the 2026 Budget. 

Addressing the populace, Oyebanji described the interaction as buttressing his well-entrenched populist and inclusive approach to governance and the fact that he operates a progressive open door strategy to administer the state. 

Oyebanji praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Federal and State lawmakers, traditional rulers and other pivotal stakeholders, for their partnerships that reinforced his spirit and inspired him to work assiduously to transform the lives of the people. 

"What gives me joy today is that, I can say confidently that there is no town where there is no government-funded project, either in the area of road, water, electricity, agriculture and healthcare and education. This gives me joy that our people have not voted wrongly in 2022 and that they won't hesitate to return APC to power in 2026.

"Our traditional rulers have attested to the improvement in the security level. Today , you can move around the state without fear. I want to appreciate our traditional rulers for giving us lands for commercial farming, where thousands of our youths have been gainfully employed". 

Based on the deafening complaints of the stakeholders across the towns, Governor Oyebanji, pledged that his government will take aggressive steps to fix some of the dilapidated township roads, saying he wholeheartedly agreed that many of them are in decrepit states.

To boost electricity supplies in towns and correct the imbalance and uneven distribution of power, the Ekiti's number one citizen, directed the local government Chairmen to purchase transformers for towns experiencing harrowing power outage. 

"It is not too much for the council chairmen to buy transformers and install in towns where there is no electricity supply for some time. The House of Assembly should take this as part of their oversight functions. The councils must be effective and responsive in this aspect. We are all voted into our respective offices to work for our people".

Oyebanji promised to tackle headlong, the perennial erosion problem and poor access to potable water supply in some communities, to curtail spread of water borne diseases and bring a slump to the rate of morbidity among the populace. 

"The Ministry of Budget can handle this kind of a programme, but I made a promise to always connect with you and listen to you. This meeting is not a waste. There is no budget year that I won't attend to some of your requests. It might not be everything. You voted for me and put all of us on this job. The fidelity to that promise makes me to be here today.

"One thing that is clear is that, you have a governor that listens, a governor that cares and one that doesn't joke with your requests. 

Very soon, I will come to you for the renewal of our mandate and we have to justify such to be able to earn your respect". 

In their presentations for each of the five councils in Ekiti North, the Olojudo of Ido Ekiti, Oba Ayorinde Ilori- Faboro, Owa of Oke Ayedun, Oba Olufemi Aribisala, Oniye of Iye Ekiti, Oba Adeleye Oni, Chief Bamidele Adeyeye and Engr Ayodeji Abey, saluted Oyebanji for fostering security in the bandit- infested area, where cases of killings and abductions, had been a recurrent decimal in time past.

Similarly, in their presentations for each of the five councils in Ekiti Central senatorial district, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, Ajero of Ijero Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Adewole, Olojudo of Ido Ile,  Oba Aderemi Obaleye, Oniropora of Iropora Ekiti, Oba Joel Olonigbua, and Chief Joel Omoniyi, appreciated the Governor for diligent implementation of the 2025 appropriation law. 

They said this vividly reflected in the execution of projects spanning across all the sectors of the economy deemed as the priorities of the populace. 

In the same fashion, the community leaders, commended the Governor for aggressively transforming rural economy, by placing premium value on rural electrification, road infrastructures, youth empowerment, water supply, food security and other thematic projects that can add value to humanity. 

They said the restoration of security in Ekiti, has spirally promoted peace and businesses, adding that infrastructures like roads, healthcare facilities and food security should be intensified in 2026, to buffer poverty rate and improve the standards of living of the people.  

The leaders of the People Living With Disabilities, Messrs Tunde Ajisegbe and Alimi Ologonu, expressed elation over Oyebanji's declaration of free health care services and free education for members, describing this as a masterstroke that has mitigated poverty and promote the spirit of inclusivity.

In the same fashion, the traditional leaders across the two districts, commended the governor for aggressively transforming rural economy, by placing premium value on rural electrification, road infrastructures, youth empowerment, water supply, food security and other thematic projects that can add value to humanity. 

The community leaders, said the restoration of security in Ekiti, has spirally promoted peace and businesses, adding that infrastructures like roads, healthcare facilities and food security should be intensified in 2026, to buffer poverty rate and improve the standards of living of the people.  

At the occasion, a leader of the People Living With Disabilities, Mr Tunde Ajisegbe, saluted Governor Oyebanji, for declaring free health care services for members, describing this as a masterstroke that has mitigated poverty and promote the spirit of inclusivity.

The town hall meetings were  attended by traditional rulers, chiefs, politicians, commercial drivers, market men and women, youths, artisans, people living with disabilities, Okada Riders, students, people from other ethnic nationalities, women groups, among others.