Vice President Kashim Shettima has instructed Ekiti State Governor Abiodun Oyebanji to boost the usual of governance and prioritise formative years empowerment in his moment time period, caution him in opposition to disappointing the individuals who renewed his mandate. In a remark signed through Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media……
Vice President Kashim Shettima has instructed Ekiti State Governor Abiodun Oyebanji to boost the usual of governance and prioritise formative years empowerment in his moment time period, caution him in opposition to disappointing the individuals who renewed his mandate.
In a remark signed through Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Administrative center of the Vice President, on Friday, October 16, 2026, Shettima made the decision whilst representing President Bola Tinubu at Oyebanji’s second-term inauguration in Ado-Ekiti.
The vice chairman stated the governor will have to justify the boldness reposed in him through the citizens through bettering public carrier supply and taking note of voters whose issues are ceaselessly overpassed.
“Your Excellency, because the ceremonies finish and the tasks of place of job reclaim the hours, take into accout the honour the folks have conferred upon you.
“They have got tested your first time period and entrusted you with their subsequent 4 years. Honour that judgement through opening extra doorways for the younger, elevating the standard of public carrier and preserving religion with the ones whose voices are seldom heard at events corresponding to this,” Shettima stated.
He described Oyebanji’s re-election as a accountability that calls for higher dedication to the folks, urging him to manner the following 4 years with the generosity of spirit that earned him victory and position the pursuits of Ekiti State above political disagreements.
Shettima additionally counseled the governor for his management manner, bringing up his talent to concentrate, make tricky choices and admire establishments as qualities that contributed to his electoral good fortune.
Conveying Tinubu’s congratulations to Oyebanji and the folks of Ekiti State, the vice chairman described the governor’s renewed mandate as “a triumph of democratic responsibility and the labour wherein agree with is earned.”
He attributed the toughen loved through the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Tinubu management to Nigerians’ working out of the will for financial reforms, pronouncing the insurance policies had been presented to safe the rustic’s financial survival.
“President Tinubu faced fiscal burdens and structural distortions whose overlook would have inflicted higher harm on our nation. Nigerians have persisted the discomfort of adverse correction. Their persistence merits an economic system that rewards paintings, expands alternative and makes public sources solution extra faithfully to public wishes,” he stated.
The vice chairman thanked Ekiti citizens for renewing the APC govt’s mandate, including that the celebration will have to stay mindful of its accountability to the citizens.
He additionally highlighted initiatives within the state, together with roads connecting communities, renovated faculties and well being amenities, electrical energy enlargement and the Ekiti Agro-Allied World Shipment Airport.
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“We have now noticed the proof in roads connecting communities, renewed faculties and well being amenities, electrical energy achieving underserved spaces and the probabilities opened through the Ekiti Agro-Allied World Shipment Airport,” Shettima stated.
“Those investments to find their worth in trips shortened, companies sustained and alternatives introduced closer to households. Ekiti has present in you a governor who understands {that a} state advances when its folks advance,” he added.
Shettima famous that Ekiti had endured to give a contribution considerably to nationwide building thru its folks and highbrow heritage, assuring the state of the Federal Govt’s toughen.
Previous, Oyebanji thanked God and the folks of Ekiti State for his or her toughen, pledging to fulfill their expectancies and maintain harmony around the state.
He expressed appreciation to Tinubu for his toughen and partnership with the state, whilst acknowledging the contributions of his predecessors to Ekiti’s building.
The governor additionally thanked his fighters within the ultimate election for his or her sportsmanship, stressing the want to maintain harmony within the state.
Highlighting his management’s achievements, Oyebanji stated his govt had prioritised employees’ welfare, infrastructure, electrical energy and healthcare supply.
“Thru our medical insurance scheme, many have gained hospital therapy. We will have to proceed on that trajectory. In agriculture, we now have equipped the inputs, and all vital toughen has been given. We have now stepped forward faculties; we now have additionally enhanced safety,” he stated.
He stated that extra paintings remained to be accomplished, promising additional investments to fortify citizens’ welfare, with explicit consideration to training, talents building and vocational coaching.
“Our professional employees give a contribution so much to our development; we will have to lead them to really feel the presence of the federal government. We can additionally pursue dependable energy for industries and enterprises,” Oyebanji added.
The governor additionally instructed Ekiti citizens to vote for the APC in any respect ranges within the impending basic elections.