How my successor will be determined – Makinde

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said it will be left in the hands of the residents of the state to choose who will be governor after him.

Makinde stated this in his bi-monthly newsletter, noting that while his administration has redefined governance and showed the people of Oyo State what is possible with strategic thinking and targeted implementations, some people have begun to ask what next and whether the next governor would not remove some of the efforts.

The governor declared that residents of the state would decide their destiny by choosing his successor even though he would reveal the individual to the state.

He noted, however, that since his government still has a little over two years in office, residents of the state should look forward to more deliverables in the areas of infrastructure development, tourism, agribusiness, and solid minerals development toward expanding the economy.

Makinde, who made a reference to the recent visit of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr Julius Maada Bio, to the Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub said the state has received recognitions from the international community for the efforts put into agriculture.

The governor said that through its dependence on data, science, and logic to drive agribusiness, the state has achieved tremendous results, adding that President Bio was so impressed with the state’s agribusiness policies and efforts that he invited him to Sierra Leone for further engagements.

He equally explained that through its reliance on data, the state government knew that only five per cent implementation was achieved on its tractorisation policy in 2024, noting the state would remove bureaucratic bottlenecks and embark on wider communication of the policy.