At the fifth anniversary of his administration, HE Seyi Makinde invites residents to assess its performance, highlighting the newly completed 76.67-km Iseyin–Fapote–Ogbomoso Road, private investment and plans for Agodi Gardens and Ibadan Airport while acknowledging that more remains to be done.
Marking 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria, HE Seyi Makinde begins reading How Democracies Die and links political stability to economic prosperity, while presenting the new 76.67-km Iseyin–Fapote–Ogbomoso Road as infrastructure intended to spread investment beyond Ibadan.
Following Oyo State’s final investment agreement with Shell Nigeria Gas for gas distribution infrastructure, HE Seyi Makinde argues for interventions with short-, medium- and long-term effects and announces a review of first-year delivery against the Roadmap for Sustainable Development 2023–2027.
Following the International Tourism Summit Oyo State 2024, HE Seyi Makinde reports meetings with about 15 prospective investors, approves the proposed upgrade of Agodi Gardens into an international-standard botanical garden and says summit recommendations will inform Oyo State’s tourism policy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
