The popular saying that ”UNEASY LIES THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN”, is the case of His Excellency, Engineer Oluwaseyifunmi Abiodun Makinde who is the Executive Governor of Oyo state.
Paddling the affairs of a local government is not as easy as it seems not to say the affairs of a whole state with different people with diverse opinions and perspectives about administration, yet Oluwaseyi Makinde has been able to govern the Oyo state by showing capacity, understanding and excellence.
Engineer Seyi Makinde made promises and he is fulfilling them. In the last one year under the administration of Oluseyi Makinde, Oyo state has witnessed a lot of positive turn around and the good people of Oyo state have had no regret trusting Engr. Seyi Makinde with their votes at the 2019 polls.
Education they say is the key, it is nothing but the absolute truth because Education has a key role to play in the lives of human. In 1955, the then premier of Western Regional, Late Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo declared free education which some of today’s leaders benefited from and helped them to mount the podium of success.
Seyi Makinde took a giant step and followed the path of Late chief Awolowo by declaring free education at the Primary and secondary school levels in Oyo state, he further gave out free notebooks and textbooks to aid the learning process of the students. This is an achievement that thousands might think it is politically motivated to outshine the former administration that handed over power to Seyi Makinde but actually it is a fulfilment of a promise made to the people of the State
The dexterity in which Engr. Seyi Makinde approached the inherited crises in state owned tertiary institutions is worthy of mention.
Governor Seyi Makinde is doing his best in developing tertiary education especially state owned schools.
Unlike before when lecturers strike and students protest against poor welfarism was constant, the story has changed in all our tertiary institutions
Huge and humongous subvention have been given to The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and those schools are better for it now
Security of lives and properties is also one of his priorities, despite different security loopholes in the state, Engineer Seyi has been able to patch up the holes and actively reassures the people of the state that with him in power and with God in heaven, thier lives and properties are secured and will be protected. He demonstrated seriousness by bringing one of the most celebrated former commissioners of Police is Benue and Lagos States as his schief security adviser, the person of Compol Fatai Owoseni who since assumption of office has never failed in his duties.
It will be worthy to note that in the bid to curb criminal activities in the Southwestern region of Nigeria, his joint effort with the rest of the South western governors such as Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and Ogun birthed the AMOTEKUN security outfit that will see to securing the lives and properties of the South western people at large.
COVID-19 has been a threat across the counties of the world which has not left out Nigeria, we should praise Engineer Makinde for his efforts in Conjuction with the state police command to be sure the Lockdown in the state is well observed and the good people of the state are safe always.
His efforts is equipping and making available state of the art treatment and isolation centres is commendable
These and more are what we are celebrating in just a year of accelerated development administration.
I can only imagine how much achievement, successes and development Engr. Seyi Makinde would have brought into Oyo state by 2023
Engineer Seyi Makinde one year In office has been interesting and worthy of Commendation
In the history of Oyo state many political office holders have misused their constitutional responsibilities and this is why we have sycophants in politics of today.
The Opportunists and unlearned individuals coming into the affairs of government have made the dividends of democracy unrealistic for the populace and this has caused a total setback and stunted economic growth and paralysed it in totality with nothing left but shame until the man of the masses stepped in 2019 to upgrade the dilapidated economy and bring back the deserving glory.
The era of selfish, draconian style of leadership has gone.
Engr. Seyi Makinde embraced amazing young intellectuals and prolific individuals in his government. This action should be globally applauded
Nevertheless, in past government the resources of the state has been grossly mismanaged and used for individual gain but this is not the case of this new government.
The random selection of political technocrats to work in Seyi government not minding their political affiliation was the best practice any government should emulate and this is what other political parties are enjoying in this government era of Seyi, unlike political fanatics whose interest supercede others.
Modern politics has gone beyond being myopic in reasoning and thought.
Allowing the interest of the people to supercede your own personal perspective is a true model of leadership and this is where definition of democracy come to play.
GSM style of leadership represents a true model of democracy. He allows youths voices to be heard and make them relevant that’s an incredible and fascinating gesture he displayed within his first year
Dear Governor Seyi Makinde we the PDP Coalition of Youth Ambassadors congratulates you sir on your one year in office. It has been a good 365days of your unrelentless efforts in serving the good people of Oyo state better than before.
We thank you for standing by your promise and never failed to heed the calls of your people when the need arises.
Congratulations Sir, we pray to the Almighty God to grant you more strength to achieve more in years to come. You have done well and you are still doing well…
God bless Oyo State.
