Seyi Makinde
22 Feb 2024
Gov Seyi Makinde has said that his administration is doing its best to mitigate the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal on residents of Oyo State. Makinde said this on Thursday in Iseyin during the inauguration of the newly renovated multi-billion naira Iseyin Central Mosque. The governor noted that Nigerians were currently witnessing a difficult…
22 Feb 2024
Oyo State governor and Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that there is no truth in the claim by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, that states of the federation got additional N30 billion each outside of their statutory revenue allocations, to address the food insecurity challenges in their…
19 Feb 2024
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will soon come up with an action plan that will help salvage the current hardship being faced in the country.
17 Feb 2024
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, yesterday declared that the ongoing payment of wage award to workers and pensioners in the state would be extended by another six months. Makinde made the announcement during the official commissioning of a 12.5km Challenge-Odo Ona-Elewe-Elebu-Apata dualised road project in Ido Local Council of the state. The governor had on…
10 Feb 2024
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, yesterday, signed into law the Oyo State Electricity Regulatory Commission Bill 2024. The governor, who performed the signing ceremony at the Conference Room of the Governor’s Office,...
9 Feb 2024
Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday announced that he has signed the Oyo State Electricity Regulatory Commission Bill into law.
6 Feb 2024
Oyo State Government, yesterday, ordered all the 33 local council chairmen in the state, as well as traditional rulers and chiefs, to flush out illegal miners, bandits and land-grabbers in their respective areas.
5 Feb 2024
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his counterpart in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, have disagreed over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward congress in Edo.
4 Feb 2024
On July 23, 2023, the 7.7 kilometers long Olodo Bridge, which linked the 35.53 km Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo Road at Egbeda Council in Ibadan caved in as a result of the downpour and the consequent flood that also swept many structures within that vicinity away.
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