{"id":2165,"date":"2025-12-22T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:26:08","slug":"tinubu-congratulates-ekiti-gov-on-58th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2165","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu congratulates Ekiti gov on 58th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on his 58th birthday, celebrated on December 21, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President commended Oyebanji\u2019s stewardship and commitment to the development of Ekiti State over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement dated Saturday, released via the State House website on Sunday and signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu highlighted the governor\u2019s service as Secretary to the Committee on the Creation of Ekiti and his various public service roles thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOyebanji was Special Adviser to the state\u2019s first civilian governor, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, and later became his Chief of Staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was Commissioner for Integration and Intergovernmental Affairs during the first-term administration of the immediate-past governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and later served as Secretary to the State Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOyebanji was elected Ekiti governor in 2022. He has already secured the All Progressives Congress\u2019 nomination to contest for a second term in office in 2026,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tinubu particularly acknowledged the state\u2019s infrastructural growth under Oyebanji, with special focus on the agricultural and aviation sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He congratulated the governor on the completion of the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Airport in Ado-Ekiti and the successful inauguration of flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He wished the governor many more years and continued impactful governance in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PUNCH Online reports that Oyebanji was born on December 21, 1967, in Ikogosi-Ekiti, Ekiti State. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/tinubu-congratulates-ekiti-gov-on-58th-birthday\/?utm_source=auto-read-also&amp;utm_medium=web\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on his 58th birthday, celebrated on December 21, 2025. The President commended Oyebanji\u2019s stewardship and commitment to the development of Ekiti State over the years. 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