The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has resigned his appointment as a cabinet minister. Fayami made the announcement on Wednesday at a valedictory briefing in Abuja where he explained that he resigned in order to pursue his governorship ambition in Ekiti State. He had given a hint about his resignation earlier in […]
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Former Governor of Ekiti State and serving minister, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti state has apologised to the people for all the errors he made during his first term as governor, between 2010 and 2014. He made the plea in his speech after being declared […]
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Former governor of Ekiti state and minister of solid minerals, Kayode Fayemi, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ekiti. Mr. Fayemi secured the most votes in the rescheduled exercise held on Saturday. The former governor took a total of 941 votes, which put him a mile ahead of other aspirants. […]
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Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development and aspirant in Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Ekiti, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the exercise. Mr Fayemi, a former governor of the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekti, shortly after polling that the process was commendable. “I […]
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Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, has notified the national and state leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) of his ambition to run for July 14, governorship election in Ekiti. Mr Olayinka Oyebode, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja that letters had been […]
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Mr Kayode Fayemi, defeated in the 2013 governorship election in Ekiti state, is to contest for the position again on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The current Minister of Mines and Steel Development was defeated by incumbent Ayo Fayose of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Fayemi said on Sunday that he will […]
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted two crucial bills seeking to prevent the concession of Ajaokuta steel company and to ensure its completion. The bills, each sponsored by 301 lawmakers, were introduced for first reading on Wednesday, March 21. The bills are: An act to provide for the Ajaokuta Steel Company completion fund and […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, has reacted to the decision by the House of Representatives to pass a vote of no confidence on him and his Minister of State, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, over their failure to appear at the sectoral debate on the state of the steel sector in the country. […]
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The House of Representatives has passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Mines and Steel Kayode Fayemi and his deputy, Minister of State, Abubakar Bwari for failing its invitation to address the parliament on the state of the nation’s steel sector with particular reference to the Ajaokuta Steel Company. Though the non […]
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The government of Ekiti state has barred Kayode Fayemi, the minister of solid minerals and a former governor of the state and others from holding public office for at least 10 years. Dapo Kolawole, who served Fayemi as commissioner for finance, has also been barred for the same number of years. The action is said […]
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