Posted by Chinenye on Thu 24th Sep, 2026 - tori.ng
The Ekiti State Government has approved over N10 billion for projects across the state.
(Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji. Photo Credit: State House)
Ekiti State government has set aside N10.781 billion for projects spanning healthcare, water, roads, aviation, safety and institutional work.
The council approved these during its seventh executive meeting in Ado-Ekiti.
The approvals include N448,074,075 for office equipment in the Ministry of Special Duties and new furniture at the Presidential Lodge and its annex.
This will boost how the ministry works, speed up document handling and upgrade facilities for official events and guests.
The council also signed off on N6,765,887,612.22 to build new hospital structures at General Hospitals in Ikogosi-Ekiti, Awo-Ekiti and Ipao-Ekiti. Each project gets N2,255,295,870.74.
The buildings will have female and male wards, a morgue, maternity and delivery spaces, a children's ward, a gate house, consulting rooms, an operating theatre, staff quarters, a lab and an admin block.
This supports the drive to strengthen medical facilities and expand quality healthcare access.
For roads, the state approved N1,093,694,524.13 to build the 400-metre Olajiga Street in Egbewa and 915 metres of roads in the GRA 3rd Extension area of Ado-Ekiti.
These upgrades will improve city connections and movement across residential, trading and school areas.
The council cleared N340,612,472.69 for a one-kilometre airport access road from Runway 21 to the navigation aid site at Ekiti State Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport, addressing infrastructure needs for full operational approval from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.
Street lighting got N155,350,466.40 for Phase II of the Afao-Ekiti project and solar lights at Government House, boosting night safety and movement.
Water supply work took N296,217,500.00 for 104 solar-powered pumps to upgrade boreholes across World Bank-backed water and sanitation schemes.
Another N1,681,198,360.20 went to overhauling 104 high-yielding boreholes in local government areas, converting them to solar-powered facilities with pipes, storage tanks and distribution points to reach more communities with clean water.