Ahead of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s visit to Ekiti State in October, a committee has been inaugurated towards ensuring a rousing welcome and hitch-free reception for the President.
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In a related development Governor Ayo Fayose who departed the country for the United States of America on Tuesday on a two-week vacation is scheduled to meet with Ekiti indigenes resident in the country on Friday.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday.
He added that the committee for the reception was also mandated to ensure the completion of projects to be inaugurated by the President.
Among the projects are the ultra-modern shopping complex comprising 275 lock-up shops in Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti; a presidential lodge as well as the ongoing dualisation project on the Ado-Ekiti road, stretching from Ikere end of the state capital to Iworoko.
Also billed for inauguration, according to Adelusi is the N1billion poultry project which he said would begin production of broilers by October.
When completed, Adelusi explained that the shopping complex would have a banking hall; fire station; police post; canteens; conveniences and a well laid-out parking space, among other modern facilities.
He disclosed that the President’s visit would be a turning point in the annals of the state, saying it would herald a new dawn in the state.
The reception committee, which included Health Commissioner, Dr. Sola Babalola, his counterpart in Education, Dr. Esther Fabusuyi, and the Head of Service, Mr. Segun Bankole, had already swung into action by visiting the project sites.
On Fayose’s visit abroad, Adelusi maintained that the state indigenes in USA had been clamouring for such opportunity to fashion out modalities of extending their hands of fellowship to their birthplace.
He asserted that the professionals, cutting across professional spectrum would have a roundtable with the governor to consider bringing their wealth of experience to bear in the state.
On the governor’s entourage were his Chief of Staff, Mr. Kayode Osho; Chairman of the state traditional council of Obas, the Elekole, Oba Adetula Adeleye; a member of the House of Representative, Chief Abiodun Olujimi, personal aides and his Special Assistant on Information, Mr. Kola Ajumobi. Adelusi explained the inclusion of the Commissioner of Commerce, Tourism and Industry, Mr. Toyin Ojo on the governor’s plan to hold discussion with the business community in the USA.
After Friday’s meeting, the governor would be expected to move to London, where he would spend the rest days of his vacation before returning to the state.
The CPS insisted that the trip would not end up as a mere jamboree as the Ekiti people in diaspora had long been yearning to contribute their quota to the state development.
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