We’ll Use Tourism, Solid Mineral To Expand Economy – Makinde

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said his administration will explore tourism and solid mineral development to expand the state’s economy under Omititun 2.0. programme.

Makinde who stated this while on campaign to Itesiwaju Local Government Area stated that he was seeking to be re-elected so as to consolidate on the gains under Omituntun 1.0, which were recorded in the past 44 months.

He also reaffirmed his unwavering admiration for teachers and the teaching profession, noting that his administration will continue to do everything possible to ensure that teachers and other workers are satisfied on the job.

The governor, who declared that the state government will pay the state’s teachers annual leave bonus for 2022 by the end of February, said that the welfare of workers will continue to be paramount to his government.

The governor who met with  representatives of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Itesiwaju Local Government chapter in Otu, equally told residents of the council at separate meetings with the leadership of religious faiths and the traditional council that his administration would explore tourism and solid mineral development to expand the state’s economy under Omititun 2.0.

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Makinde equally met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the First Baptist Church, Otu; the League of Imams and Alfa at the Central Mosque, Otu as well as the traditional worshippers, urging them to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidates in National Assembly, state Assembly and governorship elections.

While campaigning at separate meetings with traditional worshippers, commercial motorcycle riders’ associations and non-indigenes of the Council, the governor said that his administration has been able to deliver on its 2019 campaign promises.

In his remarks during the traditional council’s meeting with the governor and his entourage, the Eleyinpo of Ipapo, Oba Yekeen Ademola, as well as representatives of each group met by the governor, lauded his administration’s achievements in the last 44 months