Gov. Kayode
Fayemi of Ekiti on Sunday lifted the no-patronage embargo placed on Ecobank, GTBank and Zenith Bank by
his predecessor, Ayo Fayose.
The News
Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that with this development, all MDA’s and
certain categories of the state workers are now free to do business with them.
The
Fayose-led administration in May 2016
placed a “non-patronage” ban on the three banks and forbade government
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as workers in its employ
from transacting business with them.
Governor
Fayemi in quashing the embargo, also directed that all MDAs and their staff
could now resume patronage of all the banks.
Consequently,
the office of the State’s Accountant General has issued a memo to all heads of
MDAs to give effect to the governor’s directive lifting the ban.
According to
the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode, the embargo was
lifted in a bid to rekindle and strengthen the age- long relationship between
the affected banks and the state government.
” Government
took the decision after a careful review of the developments that led to the
purported embargo by the immediate past administration
” The Fayemi
administration is committed to the infrastructural and industrial development
of the state.
” In achieving
this, it will create a conducive atmosphere for business to thrive in the state
by partnering with the private sector and encouraging private initiatives,
among others,” Oyebode said.
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