Promises prompt payment of salaries, pensions
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that his administration is currently talking with the stakeholders, including traditional rulers, on the implementation of cluster farming arrangement that would guarantee access to resources and market.
Oyebanji, while addressing the people of Ekiti State in his New Year statewide broadcast, promised to consolidate on the gains achieved by his administration in its first year in office and expand the scope of development for the benefit of the Ekiti people.
The governor, however, restated his commitment to prompt payment of salaries and pensions, saying that his administration will work harder to double up on the liquidation of the outstanding gratuity obligation to senior citizens.
He also said that the nation would witness economic stability in 2024. Oyebanji, who expressed optimism that Ekiti State would witness “massive improvement in security, infrastructure and government services than we have ever seen,” urged the people of the state to be optimistic for a better and more prosperous year.
He said the state had experienced what he described as a “giant lift in the last one year.”
and stressed the readiness of his administration to boost the standard of living of the people of the state with investment in key sectors.
The governor said that 2024 would also witness the commencement of the construction of an Indoor Sports Complex to support sports development in the state.
The Ekiti State helmsman, who assured Nigerians of a stronger economy, predicating his optimism on a strong belief that the macro-economic policies of the national economy will begin to yield positive results, said: “We are very hopeful that the economic outlook of the nation will be stable and some of the macro-economic policies will begin to yield the desired results. We are very optimistic that 2024 will be a year of positive economic resurgence for the country.”
