Ahead of the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State, the former Secretary to the Ekiti State Government (SSG), Biodun Oyebanji, has obtained the governorship nomination form and Expression of interest form.
Oyebanji, who resigned as SSG from Governor Kayode Fayemi administration on Tuesday stormed the party National Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja with their supporters at noon to obtain the form.
The price for the nomination form has been pegged for N20 million and the expression of interest form will go for N2.5 million for the governorship aspirants.
Oyebanji hails from Ikogosi Ekiti in Ekiti Central Senatorial district.
Some party members of the Fayemi group named “TokanTokan” alleged that the governor, Kayode Fayemi and his wife, Bisi is backing the aspiration of the former Secretary to the State Government.
Oyebanji was a former university lecturer, a banker, private businessman astute administrator and consummate politician.
He was a Special Assistant on Legislative Matters to the first governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, before he later became his Chief of Staff.
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He was the youngest member and secretary of the Movement for the Creation of Ekiti, which had lobbied the late General Abacha for the creation of the State in 1996.
In the first term of the governor Fayemi, Oyebanji served as Director-General, Office of Transformation, Strategy and Delivery; Commissioner of Integration and Inter-governmental Relations; and later on, Commissioner of Budget and Economic Planning. He is the most experienced politician currently serving in government.
He has managed the executive-legislature relations, served as Chief of Staff, served as the policy coordinator of government in the OTSD, managed the economy of the state, served as an interface between the State and the Federal Government, international partners and on regional matters, where he must have been well exposed to issues around regional collaboration and the DAWN Commission activities. As SSG, he currently manages the security apparatus and is the chief coordinator of government programmes, policies and activities
