Reviewing an election year and the books that influenced him, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on firmness in difficult decisions, using the dispute over compensation for former local-government chairmen to illustrate why leaders cannot satisfy everyone while pursuing what they consider the public interest.
With investors showing interest in completing the Ikere Gorge Dam power plant, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on difficult choices over scarce public resources, defending development borrowing and arguing that infrastructure must ultimately create an environment capable of attracting private investment.
Ahead of the 2024 Budget for Economic Recovery, HE Seyi Makinde urges citizens to follow actual budget implementation rather than approved line items alone, while reflecting on industrialisation, poverty reduction and government’s role in creating an enabling environment for private investment.
Following the Intra-African Trade Fair in Egypt and the Zik Lecture in Awka, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on national unity and strategic economic growth, while reporting progress towards a ₦500 billion subnational loan facility for the Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road and Ibadan Airport runway expansion.
Amid renewed security concerns in Oke-Ogun, HE Seyi Makinde outlines immediate security interventions and plans to enforce the Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law, while ordering a review of SAfER and introducing technology into beneficiary verification and loan disbursement.
Beginning Blockchain Revolution, HE Seyi Makinde explores how emerging technology could be applied to governance and innovation, while responding to criticism about the pace of his second term by arguing that careful planning should not be mistaken for a lack of ideas.
Following an executive retreat, HE Seyi Makinde defends prioritising long-term investments over politically popular interventions, citing roads connecting Oke-Ogun and other zones to investment and announcing a shift towards reconstructing inner roads in Ibadan.
Responding to questions about Trans-Amusement Park, HE Seyi Makinde explains why the obsolete facility will give way to housing and a new amusement park at Ilutuntun, while reaffirming tourism as an Omituntun 2.0 growth sector and updating residents on SAfER.
Responding to feedback that PDP-branded SAfER bags made government relief appear partisan, HE Seyi Makinde orders new packaging, expands mass transit routes and invites public input into the 2024 Budget, while updating residents on the Olodo bridge, Oyo–Iseyin Road and LAUTECH Iseyin Campus.
HE Seyi Makinde details implementation of SAfER: food relief for 200,000 vulnerable households, additional low-interest financing for farmers, youth businesses, artisans and traders, while disclosing the terms of a Federal Government ₦4 billion facility and promising to account for its use.
