Ekiti paid over N85b as gratuity, pension since 2022 – Oyebanji
By : Ayodele Afolabi
Date: 15 June 2026 7:34pm WAT
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Biodun Oyebanji, Ekiti State governor
…Praises Tinubu for making money available to states
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji at the weekend said his administration has paid over N 85 Billion Naira in gratuities and pension since his administration came on board in 2022.
He asserted that the endorsement of his administration by Ekiti people has been largely as a result of the sterling performance of his administration which is being facilitated by Tinubu’s presidency.
The governor also thanked the media in the state for being professional in the discharge of their duties/ enlightening the public and holding the government accountable when necessary.
Speaking in Ado- Ekiti at an interactive session with journalists, Oyebanji narrated how his administration had struggled for almost six months to attend to the State’s wage bill and capital projects until the emergence of Tinubu as president.
The Governor stated that the various interventionist programmes of the President made more resources available to all States including Ekiti State; enabling his administration to implement its shared prosperity agenda with ease.
At the interactive session which was attended by heads of media outfits in the state, and journalists across from the print, electronics and digital media, Oyebanji said the ongoing construction works on three of the federal roads linking the State have eased up pressure from citizens who have been calling on his government to fix the roads.
He said the cost of award of the recently approved concrete pavement on Ado-Itawure road is higher than the State’s budget for 2023; noting that without the president’s intervention on the road, there was no way the State could have embarked on its construction.
“I became Governor six months before the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president. In those six months, I had sleepless nights thinking about how to meet the wage bill and also implement the shared prosperity agenda. We have completed the airport now. Our focus is on roads.
Thanks to the President, Ado-Akure road is almost done. He has also awarded Ado-Itawure road. The value of that contract is bigger than our budget for two years. If not for the president that cares, there is no way we could have done those roads”, he said
