{"id":77999,"date":"2025-11-04T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77999"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:30:47","slug":"ekiti-govt-denies-%e2%82%a61-8bn-new-governors-lodge-project-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/04\/ekiti-govt-denies-%e2%82%a61-8bn-new-governors-lodge-project-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti Govt Denies \u20a61.8bn New Governor\u2019s Lodge Project in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ekiti State Government has dismissed reports claiming it is constructing a new \u20a61.8 billion governor\u2019s lodge in Abuja, describing the story as false and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, clarified in a statement on Monday that the budgetary provision cited was for completing an existing project initiated by former Governor Kayode Fayemi, not a new construction.<\/p>\n<p>He said the project had stalled due to inadequate funding and that Governor Biodun Oyebanji only approved funds to complete it in line with his continuity and fiscal responsibility policy.<\/p>\n<p>Olatunbosun explained that the property is a permanent state asset for successive administrations, adding that Governor Oyebanji still uses rented accommodation during visits to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the public to disregard the report, reaffirming the administration\u2019s commitment to transparency and prudent management of state resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Ekiti State Government has dismissed reports claiming it is constructing a new \u20a61.8 billion governor\u2019s lodge in Abuja, describing the story as false and misleading. Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, clarified in a statement on Monday that the budgetary provision cited was for completing an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77999","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\/77999","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78001,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77999\/revisions\/78001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}