HE Seyi Makinde provides updates on constituting his second-term cabinet and restoring streetlights, announces plans to power them ultimately through the 11MW Independent Power Project and separates Culture and Tourism from Information to sharpen Oyo State’s tourism drive.
As Omituntun 2.0 begins, HE Seyi Makinde announces plans for OMASED to enforce street-trading, waste and traffic laws, moves to constitute his cabinet and highlights new private investments by Africorp Consortium and Karma Agric.
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.
HE Seyi Makinde unveils Omituntun 2.0 as his 2023 campaign slogan, promising an upgrade of his first-term agenda through expanded investment in agribusiness, tourism and solid minerals, stronger infrastructure and greater state support for development at local-government level.
HE Seyi Makinde reports progress on plans to rehabilitate 256 roads spanning 2,897 km, alongside implementation of Oyo State’s new solid-waste management system, before handing over to Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal as Acting Governor during his vacation.
Following the appointment of Bayo Lawal as Deputy Governor, HE Seyi Makinde outlines plans to rehabilitate feeder roads through the World Bank-assisted RAAMP and introduces a new solid-waste management architecture, insisting that governance must continue despite the approaching elections.
As Oyo State marks three years of his administration, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on how false narratives and propaganda can distort history and influence electoral choices, while introducing a new waste-management architecture to tackle Ibadan’s longstanding refuse problem
Following the deaths of Olubadan Oba Saliu Adetunji and former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on loss and remembers Alao-Akala’s service to Oyo State and planned involvement in the Iseyin–Ogbomoso Road project.
Looking back on 2021, HE Seyi Makinde reflects on successes, setbacks and the opportunity to try again, while addressing concerns about the natural turf at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex and plans for private facility management.
Ahead of another birthday visit to Saki, HE Seyi Makinde explains why experiencing communities first-hand matters for policymaking, while highlighting plans for the Moniya business district and Ibadan Inland Dry Port as part of moving people from poverty to prosperity.
