Nigerian Gazette

Nature doesn’t need an audience. These wonderful orchids come from the south-eastern Ecuadorian and Peruvian cloud forests from elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters and as such not many people throughout history got to see them. However, thanks to intrepid collectors we do get to see this wonderful Monkey Orchid. Someone didn’t need much imagination to name it though, let’s face it. Its scientific name is Dracula simia, the last part nodding towards the fact that this remarkable orchid bears more than a passing resemblance to a monkey’s face – although we won’t go as far as to be species specific on this one. The Dracula (genus) part of its name refers to the strange characteristic of the two long spurs of the sepals, reminiscent of the fangs of a certain Transylvanian count of film and fiction fame. The orchid was only named in 1978 by the botanist Luer but is in a family containing over 120 species mostly found in Ecuador. Up in the cloud mountains the monkey orchid can flower at a...

By Bola Agboola The Executive Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr. Olusola Kolapo, The Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Adebiyi Adu, top government functionaries and the good people of Ikere-Ekiti at the ground breaking ceremony of Elegberun market in Ikere-Ekiti earlier today. Fayose in his address to the mammoth crowd who witnessed the occasion thanked the people of Ikere for always being there for him. The governor who described the event as a fulfilment of part of his electoral promises assured the community that the ultramodern market which will comprise 52 lock up shops will be ready for use within the next 3 months. The governor told the gathering that he's yet to commence work on Ikere/Ado dualisation due to the financial mess in which the state found itself. Promising to commence the dualisation project as soon as the economy improves, the governor promised to as a matter of urgency make sure roads within Ikere becomes motorable. Re...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has taken a swipe on the Federal Government anti-corruption stance, describing it as mere noise-making, witch-hunt and diversionary tactic to hoodwink the public into overlooking the seeming failure of the government to deliver on its electoral promises. The governor said; “If President Mohammadu Buhari knows exactly where the stolen funds are kept and who looted the funds, he does not need all these public announcements. Rather, he should make public names of the looters and bring back the purported stolen funds, location of which he has identified. It is when he is able to bring back the money that he should make announcements of recovered funds.” Governor Fayose who spoke through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said; “You don't announce a process to the public. Rather, you announce the results because that is what is of interest to the people. It is like you are announcing that you know where ar...

In recent times, farmers, traders, and general public apply pesticides on farm/stored food etc, without adequate knowledge on the application techniques, safe/minimum level of pesticide intake allowed for human intake. Pesticides are misuse in different ways. The misuse is done ignorantly among farmers, traders, and the general public due to insufficient training and advice. In the light of this, the Ekiti State Government, under the leadership of His Excellency Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose has commenced training of farmers, and traders in Shasha Market Ikere Ekiti, on how to regulate the use of pesticides to ensure the safety of farm produces that will be consumed by the public. The combined efforts of the State Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Fountain Agricultural Marketing Agency (FAMA), Ministry of Health, NAFDAC, Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) Crop Life have been pulled together to train the famers and traders in an effort to sanitize the use...

The organised labour in Ekiti State has appreciated Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose for his love for workers in Ekiti State. In a press statement jointly signed by the NLC Secretary, Com Olayemi Oluropo, TUC secretary, Com Adebayo Adebisi and JNC Secretary, Comrade Oladele Blessing, the organised labour commended the governor for bringing smiles to the faces of workers. The statement reads "it is no gainsaying the fact that the present times are hard economically all over the country but we thank God that the  incumbent Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Ayodele Fayose has always been bringing smiles to the faces of Ekiti workers by paying their gross salaries regularly despite the meagre allocation that comes to the state every  month." The organised labour also thanked the governor for "involving the organised labour in taking decisions that bother on the welfare of workers in the state," urging him to allow the gesture to continue in order to take the state to t...

The cooperators of the Youth in Commercial Agriculture Development (YCAD) Cooperative paid a courtesy visit on the Honorable commissioner in his office, to wish him a successful tenure. The Executive of the Cooperators on behalf of the 83 registered members came to the office of the commissioner w ith a present to identify with him. Speaking on behalf of the YCAD cooperators, the Secretary, Mr Olusanya Fabiyi, who stood in for the President, thanked the Governor for the choice he made in choosing Hon Kehinde Odebunmi as the commissioner of the ministry. He described the appointment as a round peg in a round hole. Mr. Olusanya also used the medium to highlight the achievements and the success stories of the YCAD Operators. The Permanent Secretary Engr Abegunde, who introduced the young farmers to the commissioners said the programme really helped in creating employments, and generating wealth for the youths. Engr Abegunde said; "in the interest of sustainability of Youth in Agricul...

In his bid to increase rice production in Ekiti state, the Hon Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Honorable Kehinde Odebunmi has met with Rice Growers and Rice Processors, to discuss ways of helping the Farmers to increase rice production, and expand the rice business in the state. The State Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development provided fund to empower the farmers from Commercial Agric Scheme Fund (CACS Fund). In his address to the Famers and Processors present at the meeting, the Hon commissioner said, the state governor, Dr Peter Ayodele Fayose is determined to make Ekiti the food basket of the nation, and one of the best ways of doing this is by empowering farmers in the state with loan and subsidized agricultural inputs. The commissioner further stressed that, In 2014, the state government disbursed N17Million to some farmers to grow and Expand their businesses, but up till this moment nothing has been refunded to the state coffer. Od...