As Fasola attracts international attention, HE Seyi Makinde openly assesses shortcomings in Oyo State’s agribusiness interventions — including a 5% success rate in one farmer-support programme and delays at Fasola — arguing that failed assumptions should be identified, learned from and corrected as the model expands.
Following the African Business Forum in Ethiopia, HE Seyi Makinde outlines plans for trade engagement with the Republic of Benin and a visit by Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio to Fasola, presenting the agribusiness hub as a pilot whose lessons will be applied at Eruwa.
Following the flag-off of the 3,250-ha Eruwa Agribusiness Industrial Hub, HE Seyi Makinde applies lessons from the Fasola pilot while announcing completion of the first 5MW phase of Oyo State’s 11MW Independent Power Project, intended eventually to power public infrastructure and Light Up Oyo.
Ahead of the Ondo governorship election, HE Seyi Makinde combines a political appeal for the PDP with Oyo governance updates, including recruitment of 14,500 teachers and about 3,300 health workers, while arguing that government’s larger employment role is creating conditions for private-sector job creation.
After 18 months of sensitisation, HE Seyi Makinde announces enforcement of existing traffic, waste-management and street-trading laws under the Rule of Law Authority, while updating readers on ₦1.5 billion in agribusiness enterprise support and talks with the Nigerian Railway Corporation on a proposed Ibadan intra-city rail service.
Returning from a four-week vacation, HE Seyi Makinde signals decisions in response to another fuel-price increase and previews new agribusiness and tourism projects, while beginning George Stephanopoulos’s The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis.
Responding to questions about the Ibadan Airport upgrade, HE Seyi Makinde explains Oyo State’s private-sector-driven, public-sector-supported development model: government invests in enabling infrastructure while businesses drive growth, citing Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub and private tractor leasing as examples.
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.
Following his State of the State address to the Oyo State House of Assembly, HE Seyi Makinde reviews first-year Omituntun 2.0 commitments, says strategies will be adjusted where necessary and points to rising internally generated revenue without higher taxes as evidence of progress.
