{"id":72093,"date":"2025-08-05T11:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72093"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:06:03","slug":"ekiti-governor-declares-second-term-bid-pledges-continued-good-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/05\/ekiti-governor-declares-second-term-bid-pledges-continued-good-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti Governor declares second term bid, Pledges Continued Good Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has declared his intention to seek a second term in office on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>He made the declaration on Monday during a meeting with the APC Central Working Committee at the party\u2019s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has scheduled the governorship election for June 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Oyebanji said he is motivated by the widespread support and encouragement he has received across the state and is determined to consolidate on his administration\u2019s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked party leaders for their trust and reaffirmed that he has fulfilled all his campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the APC in Ekiti as a united family, the governor pledged to sustain its appeal and honour its elders.<\/p>\n<p>On the party\u2019s ticket, Oyebanji said the race remains open to all aspirants and urged citizens to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in preparation for the polls.<\/p>\n<p>He also appreciated President Bola Tinubu for supporting Ekiti, saying federal economic policies have contributed to the state\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>APC Chairman in Ekiti, Sola Elesin, commended Oyebanji for his leadership, describing him as a humble and unifying figure whose performance has strengthened the party and maintained peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has declared his intention to seek a second term in office on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the declaration on Monday during a meeting with the APC Central Working Committee at the party\u2019s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72095,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72093\/revisions\/72095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}