Speeches

Newsletter No 94: Modelling a Way Out of Our Economic Doldrums Graphic

Newsletter 94: Modelling a Way Out of Our Economic Doldrums

Responding to questions about the Ibadan Airport upgrade, HE Seyi Makinde explains Oyo State’s private-sector-driven, public-sector-supported development model: government invests in enabling infrastructure while businesses drive growth, citing Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub and private tractor leasing as examples.

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Newsletter No 89: Our Promise Renewed Graphic

Newsletter 89: Our Promise Renewed

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.

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