The present governor and Oyo State gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Gov. Seyi, flagged off his 2023 campaign in style yesterday, January 5, 2023, in Ibadan.

To show their strong support for Seyi Makinde, the four governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Benue State governor Samuel Ortom, Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike, Enugu State governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu, former governors of Ondo State and Ekiti State, Olusegun Mimiko, and Ayodele Fayose, party leaders and supporters converged in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to seek the support of Oyo State residents for the re-election of the State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde.

In attendance at the programme were also the Deputy Governor of Oyo State and Makinde’s running mate, with whom he collected the party’s flag, Barr. Abdulroheem Bayo Lawal; the former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Hamid Gbadamosi; the chairman of the Oyo State Advisory Council, Senator Hosea Agboola; the former Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Senator Monsura Sunmonu; the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun and the Chief of Staff to the governor, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi.

Others were the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide; the former Chief of Staff to Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, and Dr Saka Balogun, among others.

According to the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, the G-5 and Integrity Group members, who spoke several times, lauded Makinde’s efforts in developing and repositioning Oyo State, charging the electorates in the State to elect all PDP candidates, from the governor to National Assembly and House of Assembly members.

Governor Seyi Makinde, addressing the people at the event held in front of Mapo Hall in Oja’ba, Ibadan, thanked the people of the State for their support of his administration from its inception to the present. He also highlighted some of the administration’s key achievements, which include free and quality education, the construction of critical infrastructure, and the expansion of the state’s economy. He declared that he had kept his promises to the people of the State as contained in the Oyo State Roadmap for Accelerated Development for 2019-2023 and that it is time to upgrade to Omituntun 2.0, which would ensure Oyo State’s sustainable development.

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has maintained that his administration has registered an indelible print in the economic prosperity and the move for free basic education in Oyo State.
The governor, while soliciting the support of the people of Oyo State listed his accomplishments as follows:
He said: “Under Omituntun 1.0, I promised you that in the education sector, we would achieve the sole ownership of LAUTECH by Oyo State, and we have achieved that.

“Today, we have also achieved the upgrade of the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, to a university of education.

“I promised economic prosperity to the people of Oyo State under Omituntun 1.0. I said I would take them from poverty to prosperity. We have grown our IGR from N1.4bn every month in 2019, when we took over the reins of government, to N3.8bn as of November 2022.

“Under Omituntun 1.0, I promised that our infrastructure would integrate all the zones of our state and target our economy.” We completed the 65-kilometer Moniya-Ijaye-Iseyin Road.
“There is Oyo-Iseyin Road; Ogbomoso-Iseyin Road; Apete-Awotan-Akufo Road; Airport Road; Akobo Flyover, and others.

“I promised that workers and retirees would get their full salaries and pensions on or before the 25th of every month; that date is now known as the GSM date, and since 2019, workers and pensioners get paid.”

“I promised the people a safe and secure environment, and we brought in Amotekun.

“I promised a government that would put the people first, and all our decisions have shown just that.” Now, it is time to upgrade. “It is time for Omituntun 2.0,” he added.

In the meantime, the flags were unveiled and presented to the party’s standard-bearers in the three senatorial districts and 14 federal constituencies by the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the PDP, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja.

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