The Office of CivilStatecraft & Innovation
Architecting sub-national competitiveness through intentional policy design, digital transformation, and the deliberate cultivation of innovation ecosystems.
Focus Areas
Digital Economy · Governance · Innovation
Mandate
Ekiti State Government
Tenure
2022 – Present
THE GOVERNANCE
ARCHITECTURE
A multidimensional framework for modernising statecraft and accelerating sub-national competitiveness.
Productive Disequilibria
Fostering environments where disruption fuels growth and adaptation.
Catalytic State
Government as an active enabler of economic and social transformation.
Innovation Systems
Building the ecosystem for new ideas to thrive and scale.
Federal Coordination
Aligning national and sub-national efforts for unified progress.
SPEECHES &
INTERVIEWS
“Government does not create innovation — it creates the conditions for innovation to be inevitable.”
Seun Fakuade — Commissioner, Ekiti StateDigital Economy & The Future of Sub-National Governance
On why state-level digital infrastructure is the decisive frontier of African development.
Africa Tech Summit, Nairobi
2024
Building Ekiti's Innovation Ecosystem from Scratch
A candid conversation on the realities of translating policy ambition into infrastructure on the ground.
Channels Television
2023
Governance, Technology & the Catalytic State
Exploring the commissioner's thesis on government as an active enabler — not just a regulator.
Lagos Business School Leadership Conference
2023
Key Deliverables
Returns on Training Needs and Sourcing Resource Persons for the Induction of Officers — Ministry of Training & Resources.
Returns on Nominal Roll for Officers on Contributory Pension and Nominal Roll for General Staff from Pension Commission.
Preparation and submission of 2025 Establishment Proposals.
Preparation of 2024/2025 Promotion of Officers.
Statistical information for inclusion in the State Digest of Manpower, 2026 — submitted.
Organisation of STEAM Maiden Annual Boot Camp (2024).
Ongoing Activities
Establishment of the First Incubator Technology in the State.
Establishment of an Innovation Enterprise Support Fund (IESF) for digital innovators and start-ups.
Implementation of the Digital Skills Programme and Innovation Hubs.
Setting up of a Digital Training Portal for digital programmes.
Approval of the Technology-Enabled Start-up Act.
Strategic
Initiatives.
The clinical execution of public sector transformation—architecting systems of readiness, coordination, and catalytic growth.
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