Oyebanji Resumes Duty in Ekiti After Two-Week Annual Leave Ahead of Second Term
Ado-Ekiti — Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State resumed official duties on Monday, September 7, 2026, following the conclusion of a two-week statutory annual leave, as preparations for the commencement of his second-term administration continue to gather pace.
The governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Olayinka Oyebode, confirmed the resumption in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti, explaining that the leave formed part of Oyebanji’s statutory annual entitlement and had begun on Monday, August 24, 2026. According to Oyebode, the governor remained engaged with important matters relating to the governance and administration of the state throughout the break, despite being away from official duties. The aide added that Oyebanji was returning to office with renewed energy as his administration ramps up preparations for the start of his second term.
This marked the second time Oyebanji has proceeded on statutory leave since first assuming office as governor on October 16, 2022. His return to full-time duties comes shortly after his re-election in the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election, where he ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and secured victory by defeating his opponents across all 16 local government areas of the state. The result made Oyebanji the first serving governor in Ekiti State’s history to win a second term in office.
Following his re-election, Oyebanji had described the renewed mandate given to him by the electorate as a strengthening of his administration’s commitment to serving the people of the state, pledging to build on the achievements already recorded during his first term while continuing to implement people-focused policies. He further pledged to continue governing with integrity, humility, and reverence for God, attributing his victory both to divine favour and to what he described as a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s administration, extending thanks to the President in the aftermath of his win.
Oyebanji, who previously served as Secretary to the Ekiti State Government under his predecessor, Kayode Fayemi, before his own emergence as governor, has continued to draw on that administrative experience as he now moves into a second term widely expected to build further on the infrastructural, human capital, and governance initiatives that shaped the early years of his administration.
With his return to office now confirmed, attention turns to how Oyebanji’s administration will structure its priorities for the incoming second term, as the governor and his team work to translate the renewed electoral mandate into continued policy delivery across the state.
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