HE Seyi Makinde announces Oyo State’s subnational AfCFTA implementation strategy, intended to connect local farmers, manufacturers and traders to African markets, while reporting completion of the upgraded Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport runway ahead of the resumption of local flights.
Re-reading How Democracies Die, HE Seyi Makinde warns that democracies can erode through weakened norms and unfair political conduct, using the PDP’s 2023 crisis and concerns about electoral institutions to argue for fairness, equity, justice and renewed trust in democratic processes.
Two years before the 2027 elections, HE Seyi Makinde calls for a political “reset”, arguing for new political ideas that subordinate politics to governance, restore trust in democracy and prioritise fairness, while inviting Oyo residents to assess his administration’s second-term performance.
Following an expanded Oyo State Security Council meeting on threats from criminal herders, illegal miners and bandits, HE Seyi Makinde turns to the Rivers State emergency, opposing the suspension of elected executive and legislative institutions and arguing that democratic principles must be defended irrespective of political loyalties.
Drawing lessons from George Stephanopoulos’s The Situation Room, HE Seyi Makinde argues for factual documentation of political history and transparent government communication, while reflecting on the human vulnerabilities of leaders and the dangers of misinformation about events inside government.
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.
HE Seyi Makinde argues against comparing Nigeria’s relatively young uninterrupted democracy with centuries-old democracies, while making the case for consistent law enforcement, incentives and consequences as Oyo State works towards fuller implementation of the rule-of-law component of its development roadmap.
Following the Super Eagles’ AFCON semi-final victory over South Africa, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on national unity and uses football to argue that leadership depends not only on the person at the top but on selecting capable people willing and able to work as a team.
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 signing of the Electricity Act 2023, which opened the way for an Oyo State electricity regulatory framework, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on political trade-offs, arguing that cooperation and political alignments should be guided by principles — for him, equity, fairness and justice — rather than hostility.
