How Makinde beats own first term record – Oyelade

Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun on Saturday said Governor Seyi Makinde has done more for the people of state than during his first tenure in office.

This, he said has allayed the historical phobia people usually have of second term governors and their performances.

According to Oyelade, 335.19km of roads have been constructed since 2019, out of which 144.37km were constructed in the first four years and 190.82km commissioned in just 17 months into the second term.

He said the ongoing 110km circular road project has its bridges and interchanges on the South East segment of the circular road completed with a projection of 100 percent delivery in 24 months, adding that the circular road will make the state most accessible to all road networks in the country.

The Commissioner recalled that, earlier in the week, the Civil Service Commission announced the recruitment of 791 workers into the mainstream, noting that 692 education officers, 60 environmental health officers, 19 lands officers, 30 lawyers had also earlier been recruited into the mainstream of the Oyo state Civil Service.

“If the 791 new recruits are added, the Seyi Makinde administration would have broken the employment record of the State by recruiting 1,592 into the Service, half way into its second term.

“It would be recalled that at a leadership retreat held for top government officials on October 4th 2023, shortly after his re-election, Governor Seyi Makinde promised that his second term in office will witness more accelerated growth in all sectors than in his first term with people-friendly policies.

“The Governor at the retreat warned members of his cabinet that the people of Oyo state will neither take excuses nor stories from his administration and therefore gave them a matching order to perform better than his first term achievements”, Oyelade stated.

The Commissioner also assures that before the end of the month, 7,000 Primary School Teachers out of the 46,000 that sat for the Computer Based Test, will receive their employment letters.

He said “The 7,000 new teachers being recruited is obviously more than the 5,000 Secondary School Teachers the Seyi Makinde administration employed in his first term.

“Governor Makinde’s efforts since 2019 has repositioned the Ibadan airport, now Samuel Ladoke Akintola airport, recently upgraded to International status which will make Oyo State the Commercial Hub of the Southwest.

“Also the Fasola industrial estate has become the transformative initiative of Governor Makinde in Agribusiness and currently has 10 Industries on the 1,100 hectares farm that has become the destination for private local and International investors.”