Group commends Governor Oyebanji for leveraging on one of the legacies of former Governor Kayode Fayemi to Increased Ekiti IGR

The foremost Ekiti State grassroots sensitisation and mobiliser movement for good governance has commended the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, His Excellency Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji for intuitively and creatively leveraging on the existing long term sustainable development plan of the immediate Governor of Ekiti State, His Excellency, Dr. John Olukayode Fayemi to significantly increase the Internally Generated Revenue of the State to ranked among the best in the country.

In a statement released by the group, the group showered encomium on the immediate and present administration for increasing the Ekiti State Internally Generated Revenue from N650million to N2.3billion monthly according to the circular released by the Joint Tax Board (JTB) at its 155th meeting at Zuma Rock Resort, Suleja which ranked Niger State and Ekiti State first in the 2023 Annual Growth Rate Ranking.

We will recall that on the 4th of October 2022, the progressive administration of former Governor  Kayode Fayemi has unveiled a 30-year development plan for Ekiti state, to have a continuity in governance that would better the lives of the people.

Kayode Fayemi had instituted a long term development plan of 2021 - 2050 rooted in the Development for the next 30 years, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development and job creation, human capital development, agriculture and rural development etc. The result of which are manifesting in Ekiti today.

The sporadic increase in Ekiti State IGR has been attributed to the continuity of good governance in prudent management of the State resources, financial re-engineering, deployment of digital tools and motivation of revenue collection agency by Governor Oyebanji.

The group- *OYEBANJI STREET VANGUARD* (_OSV_) hereby commended the Executive Governor of Ekiti State, and his entire cabinet members, the Chairman of the Ekiti State Inland Revenue Service (EIRS) and the entire good people of the state for this feat.

Finally, the group in a statement released by the Convener enjoined all Ekiti people to continue their support for this political stability built on continuity of good governance as represented by the present administration without going back to our Egypt. 

FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER!!!

Signed:

HC Ade 

The Convener, OSV