Following the fire at Agodi Gate Auto Spare Parts Market, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on how poor planning and prioritising financial gain over public safety can destroy livelihoods, arguing that empathy and safety must shape leadership decisions.
After receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on empathy in policymaking, explaining why his administration resisted a total lockdown and displacing street traders without alternatives, while introducing the FAITH principles guiding Oyo State’s development.
HE Seyi Makinde reflects on his early years building Makon and his preference for doing the work rather than pursuing titles or credit, arguing that changing society begins with individuals reforming their own thinking and becoming part of the solution.
Responding to criticism of his handling of Oyo State’s security and ethnic tensions, HE Seyi Makinde explains why he rejects collective blame and insists that competence and character must take precedence over ethnicity, religion and political affiliation.
Recalling how a borehole he initiated for traders after the 2014 Aleshinloye Market fire was stopped by the local government, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on power and justice, connecting the experience to EndSARS and the limits of demanding change without political power.
Against the backdrop of security challenges and ethnic tensions in Oyo State, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on leadership through the story of Nehemiah, arguing that good leaders must first learn to follow, listen and serve.
HE Seyi Makinde reflects on the importance of realistic, actionable plans, using Oyo State’s 2019–2023 Roadmap to Accelerated Development to explain why leaders must ground their manifestoes in reality and follow through after taking office.
HE Seyi Makinde introduces The Business of Governance, a direct channel for sharing his thoughts on leadership, governance and developments in Oyo State with readers.
