Ekiti is properly renowned as the state of professors, a label that captures the intellectual heritage produced by accomplished sons and daughters of the state. Our objective was to transform this knowledge base into a magnet for investments, thereby boosting the economic profile of our land. Given its impressive endowments in this area, Ekiti has the potential to be a research and development hub servicing an industrial renaissance in the greater southwest region of the nation. Human capital will be the currency of national transformation in the 21st century and this state has able people in all walks of human endeavor to compete favorably in-line with the dictum of the great statesman Obafemi Awolowo who once said;
“ the education of every citizen, to the limit of his ability, is a fundamental right. To deny it or to treat it as a privilege is deprivation and an assault on human dignityâ€
Accordingly, the JKF-1administration prioritize the education of children as the best means of securing our the future. Every child in Ekiti now has access to free education, renovated dilapidated school buildings and upgraded the educational infrastructure. Also distributed over 33,000 laptops to student and 18,000 to teachers.
“An educative citizenry is the driving force of a healthy democracy; it is also the engine of long time prosperityâ€
