Barely a few hours after taking over the new Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has frozen all the
state’s accounts.

A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Ekiti State governor, Yinka Oyebode, yesterday said all accounting officers and financial institutions are urged to comply with this directive.

Oyebanji yesterday took the oath of office as the eighth governor of the state.

He has promised to implement a six-point agenda to consolidate the legacies of his predecessor toward ensuring economic prosperity in the state.

The governor made the promise in Ado-Ekiti shortly after he was sworn in as the governor of Ekiti State amidst Funfair.

Oyebanji said his six-point developmental agenda would focus on job creation, human capital development, Agriculture and rural development, infrastructure and industrialisation, arts culture, and tourism as well as governance.

He noted that the agenda was carefully selected based on his experience in public and private sectors coupled with the yearnings of the masses to improve the status of the state.

The governor urged stakeholders and people of Ekiti state to support his administration and gave an assurance of transparency and accountability while in office.

In a remark, President Muhammadu Buhari thanked the people of the state for believing in the All Progressives Congress (APC) with their determination during the last Governorship election to deliver the state for the party.

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Represented by APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, the president assured the people of more federal support and urged them to vote for the party in next year’s presidential election In a comment, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi expressed the belief that the new governor would make the state better for economic prosperity.

The occasion was attended by state governors, former governors, national assembly members, captains of industry members of the diplomatic corps, as well as stakeholders, among others.

At the swearing-in, Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, congratulated the new governor, describing his assumption into office as a blessing for the people of the state.

He also congratulated the new deputy governor of Ekiti State, Monisade Afuye, and urged the people of Ekiti State to support the new governor and his deputy for continuous growth and development of the state.

Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Gboye- ga Akosile, described Oyebanji and Afuye’s landslide victory during the June 18 governorship election and their swearing-in as Ekiti State governor and deputy governor as a testament to the good work the APC-
led government had done in the state.

Sanwo-Olu, who attended the swearing-in ceremony along with the presidential candidate of the APC, Tinubu, and some other state governors at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, urged Oyebanji to continue the
good work of his predecessor, Fayemi.

The Lagos State governor also applauded ex-governor Fayemi for his commitment and selfless service to Ekiti State and her people, saying that Fayemi did his best to transform and develop the Fountain of Knowledge State during his tenure.

He said the people of Ekiti and South-West, as well as Nigerians, will continue to re-
member the contributions of Fayemi to governance and politics as the governor of Ekiti and the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF).

“I congratulate Governor Biodun Oyebanji and his deputy, Monisade Afuye, on their swearing-in as the governor and deputy governor of Ekiti State following their victory in the June 18 gubernatorial election in the state.I also rejoice with their families, friends, associates, APC members, and the people of Ekiti State, at today’s swearing-in ceremony”.