Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has awarded a N1.2bn contract to the Carpenters and Furniture Association of Ekiti State.

The association on Monday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government on the contract.

The Chief of Staff to Fayose, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, who represented the governor at the occasion, said the contract was part of the stomach infrastructure programme of Fayose.

Anisulowo said, “This is an empowerment project. We are awarding the furniture aspect of the Millennium Development Goals project to these local furniture makers. The project covers about six local government areas in Ekiti State, so they will make the chairs and the tables for all the schools in the six LGAs.

“The whole project would cost the government about N1.2bn. This gesture by the governor is the first of its kind in Ekiti State. The governor did this to make good his promise to empower local contractors and artisans in the state.”

He appealed to the artisans to make good use of the opportunity.

“I hope you would not disappoint the governor because he has reposed a lot of confidence in you to have given you this project. I pray you will reciprocate his kind gesture by doing a very good job,” he told the carpenters.

Chairman of the association, Michael Adeyemi, expressed gratitude to the state government on behalf of his members.

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This is a good decision which, in my opinion, would help empower local enterprise and rekindle native pride.
He's definitely better than a certain APC clown in Osun state who would rather blow 8bn naira importing mediocre tablets from China while civil servants languish in penury from several months of unpaid salaries; or another joker and big-time phony in Imo state who wants to fashion himself as an Igbo leader but would rather award contracts to Chinese firms for the school uniforms of children in his government schools while there are numerous skilled tailors in his state and region who would have benefitted from atleast some patronage. I guess they're not good enough, but their votes are.
Often, we see governors jet out of the country, in search of 'foreign investors'. I laugh. Why would anyone take seriously and invest in your state when you, as a governor and number 1 resident of your state, have failed to invest in your own people? You think the world would take you seriously? There's an adage in the business world that implies you must patronize your own products before others can patronize you. It's called eating your own dogfood.

State governors should take this route more frequently. Good one.

Lalasticlala, Ishilove: Frontpage please.

this man is a joke

Good development for Ekiti indigens.. But that doesn't stop the general from winning the election and piloting the affairs of this nation POSITIVELY.

Sai Buhari