By RismadarVoice Media
December 21, 2025
Ekiti State Government has approved the payment of N458.8 million as severance benefits to former political office holders who served at the local government level across the state.
Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Mr. Folorunso Olabode, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Ado Ekiti.
He said the beneficiaries are political office holders who served between 2022 and 2023 in the state’s 16 local government areas.
According to Olabode, those entitled to the severance package include former vice chairmen, secretaries, councillors, supervisors, and special advisers at the council level.
“The Ekiti State Government has approved the sum of N458,793,960 as severance benefits for local government political office holders in the state. The payment covers officials who served between 2022 and 2023 across the 16 local government areas,” the commissioner stated.
The development comes as preparations intensify for the next round of local government elections in the state. Last week, the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) announced that local government elections would be held across the state on Saturday, December 12, 2026.
With the tenure of the incumbent local government chairmen and councillors expected to expire in December 2026, the forthcoming polls are anticipated to usher in a new set of council officials.
Announcing the election date, the Chairman of EKSIEC, Justice Cornelius Akintayo (retd.), said the exercise would be conducted in line with the provisions of the law.
“Pursuant to Section 5, Sub-section 1 of the EKSIEC (Fourth Amendment) Law No. 13 of 2025, notice is hereby given that the Local Government and Local Council Development Areas elections will take place between the hours of 8am and 2pm on Saturday, December 12, 2026, in Ekiti State,” Akintayo stated.
He added that all registered political parties are required to obtain Form 001 for their candidates from the headquarters of the commission ahead of the election.
