GOVERNANCE

The Fayemi administration has built a reputation as a government, whose programmes and projects are built around well thought out policies. It is the combination of these policies and legal framework that differentiate Ekiti State from the pack.

Part of the policies put in place or domesticated by the administration includes the Implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) for transparent and accountable revenue generation in Ekiti State. The administration also signed up to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Initiative for fiscal transparency, grants, anti-corruption, inclusiveness, becoming the first state to do so in the southwest zone.

In ensuring the welfare of workers and retirees, the governor ensures that penioners are paid same day workers’ salaries are paid. He also increased payment of gratuity to retirees from N10million to N100million monthly and released of N200 million as car loans to teachers and N240,703,000.00 as Land/Housing loan to 1,999 Civil Servants.
The administration has also sustained the payment of core subjects allowance to teachers in public primary and secondary schools across Ekiti State as well rural allowance to teachers serving in hard – to – reach schools in the State.

The Governor also commenced implementation of 180 days maternity leave for nursing mothers to promote infant and maternal health as well as facilitate work life balance for female workers. He also commenced review of the Laws of Ekiti State and enacted some laws that seek to protect lives and investments.

These include Ekiti State Fiscal Responsibility Law, No 12 of 2019; State Security Trust Fund (Amended) Law, 2019; State Sustainable Development Goals Law, 2019; Passage of the bill for the establishment of Ekiti Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps, 2020; Ekiti State Gender Based Violence (Prohibition) Law, the Sexual Violence Against Children (Compulsory Treatment and Care) Law, 2020.