By Editor
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has appealed to Nigerians to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his determination to achieve positive turnaround in the fortunes of the country.
He enjoined Nigerians to stop making negative comments and confessions about the country, which he said was on the right path to economic recovery and prosperity.
President Tinubu, according to him, means well for Nigerians with his reforms, which he said were beginning to yield dividends.
The Governor, who spoke yesterday at the 2025 Inter-faith Thanksgiving Service held at the main theatre of Obafemi Awolowo Civic and Convention Centre, Ado Ekiti, said Nigerians should be grateful to God for giving them a courageous leader in person of President Tinubu, who, he said, was not afraid of taking decisions, which were in the interest of the masses.
Oyebanji took the opportunity of the interfaith service to restate his commitment to work harder for the development and prosperity of Ekiti State.
Acknowledging the commendation of clerics at the service for the way Tinubu had been handling the affairs of the state, Oyebanji said he had no excuse not to live up to the expectations of the people, adding that God had prepared him well for the top job with the experience he had garnered in governance over the years.
He hailed the people of the state for investing their goodwill in the All Progressives Congress (APC) through their votes, which gave him the privilege to become their chief servant, who led other dedicated men and women to make sacrifices for the growth and development of the state.
The governor attributed the recent increase in allocation to the state, which had reflected in increased salary for civil servants, other welfare packages for citizens, who were not on government payroll, as well as ongoing and completed projects; to the magnanimity of Tinubu, who approved increment in allocation to states after the fuel subsidy removal.
Oyebanji expressed gratitude to Tinubu “for showing grace to him and to Ekiti people” saying, “after God, whatever we may have achieved is through the President, because when you find favour in the presence of the President, it translates to good things for our people.”
He noted that Tinubu’s policy shift ‘’is now being appreciated in some quarters that had earlier misunderstood him, citing the example of the decision of the management of THISDAY Newspaper to give the President Man of the Year Award, in recognition of his bold and courageous decisions, in the overriding public interest.
He urged well-endowed Ekiti indigenes at home and in the diaspora to emulate the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), in mobilising support for the state government, leveraging their influence, resources and goodwill.
In attendance were Deputy Governor Monisade Afuye, House of Assembly Speaker Adeoye Aribasoye, Head of Service Folakemi Olomojobi, acting Chief Judge, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, members of the House of Assembly, State Executive Council, other political office holders, traditional rulers, religious leaders, labour leaders and civil servants.
