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 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 he completes most of his second-term cabinet and begins reading Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Roads, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on learning from history, while responding to the Olodo bridge collapse and signalling further measures to cushion the economic effects of fuel subsidy removal
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.
Following INEC’s postponement of the governorship election to 18 March, HE Seyi Makinde restates key Omituntun 2.0 commitments, including free public education, higher internally generated revenue and measurable manifesto promises, while asking voters to renew his mandate.
Following protests over the naira and fuel scarcity, HE Seyi Makinde pauses campaigning to address security and introduces the Omituntun Free Bus Service and other palliatives, before announcing that campaigning will resume once the security situation stabilises.
HE Seyi Makinde highlights a €55 million French facility for upgrading hospitals and primary healthcare infrastructure, explaining its 40-year tenor, 15-year grace period and potential conversion to a grant as an example of his approach to financing 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.
Following the presentation of Oyo State’s ₦310 billion 2023 Budget of Sustainable Development, HE Seyi Makinde turns to the approaching elections, calling for PDP victories across the ballot and mobilising volunteers around the Omituntun 2.0 campaign.
Ahead of the 2023 elections, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on loyalty to people and political parties, the absence of strong party ideologies in Nigeria and the political realignments that follow primaries, while making his case for the PDP’s economic record.
