Vice President Kashim Shettima, has arrived in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of Governor Biodun Oyebanji for a second term in office.
Shettima was received at the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin; Governor Oyebanji; and governors of Kwara, Imo, Sokoto, Kebbi, Ondo and Jigawa states.
Other dignitaries at the airport included the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda; Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari; and former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, among others.
READ ALSO:
- Tope Adebayo Congratulates Oyebanji On Re-election
- Oyebanji: How Ekiti Rose From N650m IGR To N2.6bn Monthly
- Oyebanji Disengages Directors-General, Technical Advisers
The inauguration ceremony, scheduled to hold at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, will formally mark the beginning of another four-year tenure for Oyebanji and his deputy, Mrs Monisade Afuye.
The event, themed “The Good Work Continues,” follows Oyebanji’s re-election and is expected to consolidate his administration’s development agenda.
The inauguration also marks a significant milestone in Ekiti State’s political history, as Oyebanji becomes the first governor to win re-election and succeed himself since the state was created in 1996.
Historically, successive administrations in the state have struggled to secure consecutive terms, with political parties frequently alternating control of the government.
Shettima is accompanied to the ceremony by the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Aminu Sule Garo; Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia; Senator Muntari Dandutse; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake; and Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties in the Office of the Vice President, Dr Aliyu Modibbo Umar, among other senior aides.
