GOV MAKINDE’S GIANT STRIDES IN OYO STATE …Determines to finish 8 years administrative race on high note
By Bisi Ezekiel
Engr. Oluseyi Makinde, the youthful energetic second term Executive Governor of Oyo State has redefined governance at the state level with strings of achievements in all sectors of human endeavours.
During his first term of four year, he laid and built a new phase of governance which justifies the wide endorsement of his election in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the good people of Oyo State.
Dethroning a ruling APC administration after the 8 years of the late Chief Abiola Ajimobi’s government was a great feat earned by the love and eagerness of the people to have Makinde in the saddle of governance.
He worked hard within the first term to ensure he did not betray the trust the people of Oyo State had in him.
Gov. Makinde laid the foundation for a result-oriented government with the calibre of appointments he made. He brought into his administration technocrats who added value to governance. He did not give political patronage to mediocre.
Like the proverbial child who was able to eat with the elders simply because he knows how to wash his hand, Makinde consulted widely past political gladiators irrespective of political affiliations and he combined ideas, knowledge and wisdom to build a formidable team which helped him to deliver on his pre- election promises to the electorates.
Achievements made in the first term, no doubt spurred the people of Oyo State to overwhelmingly voted him for a second and last term.
This decision was to allow him to complete the good works he started and also open up new vistas in governance.
Almost two years into the second term, Gov. Makinde has proved bookmakers right that he is a performer.
While many other state governors still dilly dally on the issue of N70,000 minimum wage for workers, the ever responsive Governor Makinde has approved the payment for civil servants in Oyo State. This will be an icing on the cake for workers in the state as the government has proved itself to be “a workers friendly” government.
Gov. Makinde in his nostalgic wish to turn the entire three senatorial districts in the state to construction sites, embarked on the construction of the East End Wing of the 110 km Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Ring.
His government has completed and commissioned the dualised 12.5 km Challenge-Odo Ona Elewe-Elebu-Apata Road in Ibadan, Commissioned the dualised 8.2 km Agodi Gate-Old Ife Road-Alakia-Adegbayi Road Including the Underpass Bridge at the Onipepeye Area of Ibadan as well as commissioned the 10.3km iddo-Omi Adio Road . The Olodo Bridge is being constructed to replace the old bridge.
In Ogbomoso, Governor Seyi Makinde commission the 76.67 km Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso Road (now renamed the Adebayo Alao-Akala Memorial Highway
The government also Constructed eight feeder roads in Ibadan totaling 38.48km
His administration got the Federal Government attention for upgrade of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan.
Makinde recently commissioned the Local Government Service Commission and Staff Pension Board Buildings in Ibadan
Also, recently the Governor handed over 100 operational vehicles equipped with communication gadgets to security agencies in Oyo State in his determined efforts to make the state safe and inhabitable for all and sundry.
The Makinde government handed over 28 number of 18-seater buses to Federal, State, Indigenous and Special Education institutions in Oyo State
Governor Seyi Makinde commissioned the Solarised PSA Medical Oxygen Plant and Level 2 Newborn Unit at thell Jericho Specialist Hospital.
These are a few out of the many giant strides been undertaken by the Makinde administration and more are currently ongoing while a lot are to be unveiled soonest.
However, he has promised that ” no project initiated by my administration will be left uncompleted at the expiration of my tenure in office in 2027″
