EKITI GOVT AWARDS ₦578.6M CONTRACT TO COMPANY LINKED TO GOVERNOR OYEBANJI’S AIDE
The Ekiti State Government has awarded a ₦578.6 million contract to Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited for the construction of an e-office and conference hall for the state’s Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) in Ado-Ekiti, with procurement records linking the company to a serving political appointee of Governor Biodun Oyebanji.
The contract, valued at exactly ₦578,595,238, was awarded on August 17, 2026, according to records published on the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal. The procurement record identifies the project as the “Construction of E Office and Conference Hall for the Bureau of Public Procurement Ado Ekiti,” with the BPP listed as the procuring entity and Ado-Ekiti as the project location.
The procurement carries the Open Contracting ID (OCID) ocds-6olpk7-BPP/BPP/CONO/82026/25823267, and its status is listed as “Valid” on the state’s procurement platform.
However, checks cited in the report indicate that Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited is linked to Arojo Taiwo Adebimpe, a political appointee serving as a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oyebanji. Details contained in the Corporate Affairs Commission’s beneficial ownership register reportedly list Adebimpe as a director of the company.
Adebimpe was appointed by Governor Oyebanji in December 2023 as Senior Special Assistant in charge of the Akure Liaison Office. Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited, meanwhile, was incorporated in August 2022, more than a year before Adebimpe joined the Ekiti State Government.
Available procurement records reviewed in the report indicate that the company did not secure a recorded government contract before Adebimpe’s appointment. However, about two months after she assumed office, Doylit reportedly received its first recorded government contract, valued at ₦15 million, for the clearing of 10 hectares of land at Ijesa Isu Agric Development.
The value of contracts subsequently linked to the company increased significantly. On December 18, 2025, Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited was awarded a ₦443.4 million contract described as the “Construction of BPP E-office and Conference Hall.”
The latest ₦578.6 million award is also for the construction of an e-office and conference hall for the Bureau of Public Procurement. The similarity between the descriptions of the two contracts has therefore raised questions about whether the latest award represents a continuation, variation, re-award or separate procurement process.
The available procurement information, however, does not provide sufficient details to conclusively establish the relationship between the two awards or explain why two contracts carrying similar descriptions were issued at different times.
The development has also raised questions about conflict-of-interest safeguards and transparency in public procurement, particularly where a company linked to a serving government appointee is receiving substantial contracts from the same state government.
The latest award places Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited among companies benefiting from significant public expenditure in Ekiti State. The concerns centre not only on the size of the contract but also on the company’s reported ownership structure and the circumstances surrounding the timing of its government contracts.
The development comes against the backdrop of previous concerns surrounding procurement in Ekiti State. Earlier reviews of the state’s Open Contracting Portal reportedly identified other relatively new companies receiving substantial government contracts within short periods of their incorporation.
One such case involved Conjunsta Nigeria Limited, which reportedly secured three contracts worth a combined ₦651 million within three months of its incorporation in January 2026. The contracts included two ₦220 million warehouse projects at Ikere-Ekiti and a ₦211 million land-clearing contract under an agricultural programme.
Questions were also previously raised over several Ekiti State procurement records in which contractors were reportedly listed as “Permanent Secretaries.” Those contracts included major projects connected to the state’s airport and other infrastructure.
In the latest case involving Doylit Nigeria Resources Limited, the central issue remains whether adequate procurement and conflict-of-interest safeguards were followed in awarding the multimillion-naira contract and whether the company’s reported connection to a serving government appointee was properly disclosed and assessed under applicable procurement rules.
Street News Reporters understands that efforts were reportedly made to obtain a response from the Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, concerning the contract award and the apparent similarity between the 2025 and 2026 BPP projects. However, the commissioner reportedly did not respond to messages or answer calls at the time the report was filed.
The Ekiti State Government and the individuals or companies mentioned in the allegations have the opportunity to provide clarification on the procurement process, the relationship between the contracts and whether all applicable conflict-of-interest and public procurement requirements were followed.
