Chief Oladeji Fasuan
The Chairman Committee for the Creation of Ekiti State in 1996, Chief Oladeji Fasuan, on Friday declared that he was fulfilled to see Ekiti functioning as a state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state was created 20 years ago.
Fasuan told NAN at Afao-Ekiti that the state was created due to the epic struggle by patriots, including himself, who came together and worked hard to see the dream of the people of the area fulfilled.
“During our struggle for the creation of Ekiti State, we travelled to Abuja 13 times; we saw the Sultan of Sokoto, the Emir of Ilorin, and the Emir of Zaria.
“Others were the late Dr Olusola Saraki, there was nobody we did not see to persuade the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, on the need for the creation of the state of our dream.
“We presented 24 papers– which we took to Abuja to the then Provisional Ruling…
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