Makinde to Folarin, Adelabu, others: let’s work together to make Oyo State better

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has urged his co-contestants in the March 18 election to support him, to move the state to greater heights.

Makinde, who described his electoral success as a victory for the people, said he was open to working with the ideas of his co-contestants wherever they were found to be superior to his.

He said: “Everyone must now come together in the interest of Oyo State.” The governor promised to reach more people with development and to continue to deliver quality projects that would touch all sectors of the state.

Makinde, featuring on an Ibadan-based radio station, Fresh 105.9 FM, at the weekend, to thank the people for his electoral victory, said he would also go ahead to put the sticky points learnt during the campaigns into practice, just as he would continue the task of developing the state, as he had done since he took office in May 2019.

He took the opportunity to thank residents, including elder statesmen and women, businessmen, labour unions, market associations and religious bodies for standing by him before, during and after the election.

He said: “We have said we would look at the infrastructure that targets our economy and since I became the governor, I have been to Ikere Gorge Dam twice. It is one of the potential we have, but we have to fix the road first.

“The road from Iseyin to Ikere is bad, but before we get to Ikere, we have to prioritise. The road from Oyo to Iseyin, which is a federal road, is of more economic importance than that of Ikere. That was why we had to fix that first.

“So, apart from the power generation and fishery potential in the dam, it is also a place of tourist attraction. So, I can assure you that Ikere Gorge Dam will be a priority under ‘Omituntun 2.0.’

“I promised that LAUTECH was so central to the economy of Ogbomoso and that was why I said I would do everything possible to own LAUTECH and allow the economy of Ogbomoso to be integrated into the wider economy of the state. That was why we felt we needed to link Ogbomoso to the food basket of the state by coming up with the Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin road. So, there will be continuity in this second term.”

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