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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi gives N300m to 82 communities



Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has given N300m to 82 communities in the state to undertake various community projects under the Self-Help Programme of the state government.
The cheques were presented to the communities in Oye Ekiti at a ceremony attended by dignitaries including the Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande, a former governor, Niyi Adebayo, and Fayemi’s wife, Bisi.
He said the gesture was in fulfillment of the resolutions reached with community leaders in the state during the stakeholders’ meetings held last year.
He added that the self-help project was in line with the government’s commitment to bring development to the people. Fayemi, “As part of the efforts of the present administration to bring development to the rural communities where over 75 per cent of the populace reside, the Ministry of Rural Development and Community Empowerment was created in January 2013.
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Sheila, Tai Solarin’s widow, dies at 82



Sheila, widow of the late social critic, Tai Solarin, died on Sunday aged 82.

Sheila, who co-founded Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State with her late husband, passed on around 4.30p.m.

Her two children were at her bedside when she died at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State.

She was reportedly hospitalised and underwent surgery for a broken hip some months ago after sustaining a fall.

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