Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Ado-Ekiti to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji for a second term in office....
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Ado-Ekiti to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji for a second term in office.
Shettima arrived at the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport, where he was received by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, Governor Oyebanji and other top government officials.
Those present included governors from Kwara, Imo, Sokoto, Kebbi, Ondo and Jigawa states, APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda, Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Abdulaziz Yari and former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko.
The inauguration ceremony, scheduled to hold at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, will usher Oyebanji and his deputy, Monisade Afuye, into another four-year term.
Oyebanji’s re-election makes him the first governor in Ekiti State’s history to win a second consecutive term since the state was created in 1996.
The development marks a significant milestone in the state’s political history, which has been characterised by changes in governing parties and the inability of previous governors to secure consecutive terms.
The inauguration, themed “The Good Work Continues,” follows Oyebanji’s re-election and is expected to signal the continuation of his administration’s development agenda.
Shettima is accompanied by Kano State Deputy Governor Aminu Sule Garo, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President Ibrahim Hadejia, Senator Muntari Dandutse, Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake and the President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties in the Office of the Vice President, Aliyu Modibbo Umar, among other senior aides.