Cleric Urges Oyebanji to Tackle Inflation, Calls for Overhaul of Ekiti’s Economic Team
By Idowu Adebomi, Ado-Ekiti A senior cleric, Most Rev. Oluwaseun Raphael Fagbohun, has urged Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, to intensify efforts at addressing inflation and economic hardship in the state, warning that Ekiti is currently among the states most affected by rising prices. Fagbohun, the Presiding Bishop of the Old Catholic Apostolic Church, Nigeria, and President of African Old Catholic Churches in Nigeria, made the call during the church’s annual thanksgiving service held on December 20, 2025, in Iyin-Ekiti. The retired pioneer chaplain of the Nigeria Police Force, Force Headquarters, Abuja, said Ekiti’s status as an agrarian state should ordinarily shield it from severe food inflation, unemployment and widespread poverty. He expressed concern that the economic realities on ground, in his view, do not reflect government pronouncements. According to the cleric, recent statistics indicate that Ekiti has topped inflation charts in recent months, a development he d...
