Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has said his focus is to move the state from accelerated development to sustainable growth if he is re-elected as governor in 2023.
The governor who stated this at the weekend when he took members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors round iconic projects undertaken by his administration stated that this vision lies behind the Omituntun 2.0
He noted that the government had, in the last three years, focused on putting in place policies and projects that have not only helped in repositioning the state but in also lifting the people from poverty to prosperity.
While addressing members of the NGE, when he hosted them at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, Makinde said that he would leave the state in better shape if re-elected.
The governor, after the courtesy visit later led the members of the guild on an inspection tour of various projects, including the Methodist Model School, Bodija, Ibadan; the headquarters of the Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun; the 65 kilometres Moniya-Iseyin Road, 78 kilometres Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso road; the 12 kilometers ongoing Apata-Bembo-Jankata Road, Ibadan road; the ongoing dualisation of the Airport Road,
Ibadan and the 500,000 capacity aviation fuel storage facility being undertaken by the state at the Ibadan Airport.
He said that the government would move on to sustain the development already put in place.
Other projects inspected by the Guild of Editors included the Lere Adigun Housing Estate, Basorun, Ibadan and the Ode Oba Primary Healthcare Centre, Iseyin, which is one of the 299 completed Primary Healthcare Centres in the state.
The governor equally explained how his administration had been able to achieve a massive success in reducing the infrastructure deficit in the state through the Alternative Project Funding Approach, saying: “Some of the projects you will be seeing have been carried out through Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA), which has been able to sanitise the mode of delivery in the state.’’
