HE Seyi Makinde reports 335.77 km of state road projects completed since 2019 and monthly IGR growth from about ₦2 billion to ₦5 billion without raising taxes, arguing for wider tax-net expansion, stronger institutions and agricultural innovation rather than quick fixes.
Following federal approval to upgrade Ibadan Airport to international status, HE Seyi Makinde sets out the business case: improving global connectivity, attracting investment in agriculture, tourism and solid minerals, serving neighbouring states and positioning Ibadan as a regional economic hub.
Explaining why Oyo State is not relying primarily on cash transfers, HE Seyi Makinde argues that short-term relief should feed into sustainable, data-driven interventions, citing a 50% tractorisation subsidy and enterprise support for 1,500 agrifood entrepreneurs while encouraging investment during the economic downturn.
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.
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.
Following the removal of fuel subsidy, HE Seyi Makinde introduces Sustainable Actions for Economic Recovery (SAfER): food relief for 200,000 vulnerable households, support for smallholder farmers and ₦1 billion in low-interest financing for youth agropreneurs and small businesses.
As Omituntun 2.0 begins, HE Seyi Makinde announces plans for OMASED to enforce street-trading, waste and traffic laws, moves to constitute his cabinet and highlights new private investments by Africorp Consortium and Karma Agric.
HE Seyi Makinde announces an Oyo State investment summit in London focused on agribusiness, tourism, solid minerals and sustainable energy, as part of plans to attract investment and progressively double monthly IGR to ₦7.5 billion without raising taxes.
Campaigning across Oyo State’s 33 LGAs, HE Seyi Makinde explains why smaller stakeholder meetings with farmers, traders, students, workers and businesses matter as much as rallies, providing local feedback that can shape the 2023–2027 Roadmap to Sustainable Development.
With 100 days to the governorship election, HE Seyi Makinde discusses fuel scarcity and Nigeria’s subsidy regime, draws lessons from Akinwumi Adesina’s use of technology to reform fertiliser subsidies, and links leadership choices to Oyo State’s agricultural interventions and Omituntun 2.0.
