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SAKI TOWNSHIP ROAD
OYO STATE
THE PACESETTER
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Dualization of Shaki Township
along Oke –Ogun Poly – Ilesha Baruba Road. (9.7km)
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Saki Township Road Dualization Project

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INFRASTRUCTURE
REVOLUTION
Commissioning of
9.7km Saki Township
Road Project
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE
the Executive Governor of Oyo State
at the Commissioning of the 9.7km
Saki Township Road Dualisation Project
on Thursday, January 27, 2022
et me start by thanking my dear brother,
LHisExcellency, Governor Ahmadu Umaru
Fintiri of Adamawa State, for honouring us
with hispresence here today as we commission
this very strategic road to the people of Saki, Oke-
Ogun zone – the Saki Township Road. It has been
delightful watching all the displays of culture here
and the warm welcome you all have given us.
When people see us celebrating a road
construction, they sometimes say it’s a third
world concept. They ask: What are they
celebrating? Why are they celebrating? But,
looking at the faces of everyone here today we
can answer, we are celebrating accelerated
development. Because everywhere a strategic
road goes, development follows immediately.
This principle did not start with us. History has
it that the rst road for motorised vehicles in
Nigeria was built here in Oyo State in 1906.
That road linked Ibadan to Oyo Town. And the
main purpose of that road was to move people and
agricultural products from Oyo to Ibadan and then
to the ports for export.
This is why I am excited about the road
linkages we are creating here in the Oke-Ogun
zone. Oke-Ogun is our breadbasket and
agricultural capital. So. linking Oke-Ogun up
with the rest of the zones means that we can
easily move our produce on for export, either
by air through our Airport-Ajia Road being
reconstructed or through the proposed inland
dry port which is just off the Moniya-Iseyin
Road, which we have also completed.
We know from history that all of this work we
have put in will bring about the needed
development to our dear state. As we always
say, for our state to take that leading role that we
all dream of, we must take development beyond
Ibadan.
We cannot afford to continue in the trajectory
where one part of the state is generating the
revenue that all the other parts of the state benet
from. This will only create another Nigerian
situation in Oyo State. We all already know how
some parts of the country feel about other parts
because they believe it is their revenue that everyone
is sharing.
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It is time to diversify. And a proper road linkage is the rst step in
this diversication. When we say we are engineering a
modern Oyo State, this is what we mean. We mean we are
designing and building a modern Oyo State.
The foundation of that design is a proper road network.
This is why we will not ignore any viable road projects
started by our predecessors.
We know that it is possible to decide to play politics with
development as some people did in the past. All of us here are
witnesses to how some people came and said “eh, I will not nish
the others started.” “Eh, I have to start and nish my own
project”.
This is why they are confused by our style of governance.
Like I have said in the past, we will nish all uncompleted
projects which are strategic to the development of our
dear state. And when we nish them, we will commission them
just as we are doing now. Because, when you are running a race,
the question people usually ask is not, “How many people
started the race?” No, it is “How many people nished the
race?” It is among those who nished the race that we will
choose winners.
Therefore, we will nish uncompleted and abandoned projects
for the benet of the good people of Oyo State.
So, when they come to you and say, “Eh, the Saki Township
Road was it not the former people that started it?” Tell
them, “Yes, it doesn’t matter who started it, what matters
is that someone nished it because this is how we engineer a
modern Oyo State.”
For the records, let me remind us all that the contract for this road
was initially awarded in 2016, and for over three years, the contractor
remained here, holding the people of Saki to ransom. In fact, as of
when the contract was revoked in September 2020, the contractor
had only done less than 15% of the job. But here we are today, just
about 15 months after we revoked that contract celebrating another
promise delivered. And we are delivering this 9.7km Saki Township
Road at a relatively lower cost than when it was rst awarded in 2016.
We made roughly One Billion Naira in savings.
And this is what we will continue to do. We will continue to deliver
good governance to the people of Oyo State with zero
wastage.
We will continue to make Oyo State the proof that good
governance is possible in Nigeria. We are kickstarting an
infrastructural revolution that will make people say once again
with all pride, “We have roots in the Pacesetter State.” “We
are proudly Oyo.”
And with this, we will proceed with my brother, His Excellency,
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri to commission the 9.7km Saki Township
Road to the glory of God and the for benet of the good people of
Oyo State.
Thank you and God bless you.
Governor Seyi Makinde,
January 27, 2022
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Commissioning proper by His Excellency, Governor Umaru FINTIRI, The Executive Governor of Adamawa State,
as hosted by His Excellency Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, FNSE

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
of the PROJECT
The 9.7km Saki Township Road was
ofcially commissioned Thursday
27th January, 2022 by the Executive
Governor of Adamawa State. Alhaji
Umaru Fintiri in a ceremony hosted by
the Executive Governor of Oyo State
Engr. Seyi Makinde FNSE
The whole of Saki Township was agog
with celebration on Thursday
morning, as the teeming masses
welcome the Governor’s entourage
at Km. 0.0 at about 10:50am.
The Governor inspected a guard
mounted by the Command Secondary
School and then proceeded to the
venue through the midst of excited
School Children and teeming masses.
A welcome to Saki message was
delivered by the Chief Justice of Oyo
State Hon. Justice Muktar Abimbola,
who alose used the opportunity to give
a brief history of Saki and how the name
was given.
The welcome to the commissioning
was given by the Honourable
Commissioner for Works, Professor
Dahud Kehinde Shangodoyin, who
used the opportunity to give details of
the project.
Goodwill message on behalf of the
good people of Saki was delivered by
HRM Oba Kahlid Oyeniyi, in which he
c o n v e y e d t h e c o n f e r m e n t o f
Chieftaincy titles on the governor and
wife.
Contractor
Peculiar Ultimate
Concern Ltd.
Date of Award
22nd September, 2020
Length of Road
9.7km
Project Funding Model
Alternative Project
Funding Approach
(APFA)
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COMMISSIONING OF 5.25KM
GEDU - OROKISABO - ASHIPA ROAD
WEDNESDAY 16TH MARCH, 2022

Governor Seyi Makinde's Remarks at the
Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road Commissioning
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE
the Executive Governor of Oyo State
at the Commissioning of the
Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa-Road,
Oyo State, on Thursday, March 17, 2022
et me once again, thank His
LExcellency, Governor Bala
Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi
State, for being here with us today. We
appreciate your honouring us with your
presence as we return to Oyo Town
again, this time, to commission the
Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road.
Just about three months ago, we were
here to ofcially ag off the 34.85km
Oyo-Iseyin Road.
I am sure everyone can see the work is
going on well.
When people hear that this road is ve
point two kilometres, they might say, oh,
it's a small road. But when you look at the people who came out today to celebrate this small
road, you will realise how important it is to them. This Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa Road links Oyo
West and Atiba Local Government Areas in the Oyo-Ile area of our state. It also links the
North-South Federal (A1) Highway route 2, connecting the 35km Oyo-Iseyin and the 77km
Ogbomoso–Iseyin Roads.
So, it might be small to some, but to our people here in Oyo Ile, is it small?
Yes, we will continue to full our mandate to our people, in small ways and big ways.
Part of that mandate is to stem rural-urban migration by ensuring good road network
and interconnectivity outside Ibadan Zone.
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Very soon, in fact, in the next two months, we will be counting three
years in ofce. And we will be presenting our scorecard. The
good thing is that our scorecard is not hidden. In road
construction alone, we have over 550 kilometres of roads, both
completed and ongoing.
We have successfully laid the proper foundation for
engineering a modern Oyo State.
As we have said repeatedly, we believe that anywhere that roads go,
development follows. And so, when we promised that we would
move the good people of Oyo State from poverty to prosperity, we
knew that a lot of our plans would be hinged on creating a viable
road network through rehabilitations, reconstructions and
constructions.
So far, we have done a lot of work around the Oke-Ogun-Oyo-
Ibadan axis. And we are seeing how much development this has
brought in less than three years. Development means that more
businesses are seeing Oyo State open up, and they are coming
to site their companies here.
When these companies come here, they pay taxes. And so, we
have been able to raise our Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by a
record N15 billion in 2 years.
And when these monies come into our purse, we plough it
back into development. So when they ask, “Nibo ni Seyi
n'rowo?” You can tell them: “owo development ni o”. Because
we are reinvesting these monies into the economy.
More recently, we are expanding the road network and linking Oke-
Ogun to Ogbomoso through the Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso Road.
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This seventy-six point seven-kilometre road will serve the
same purpose as the Moniya-Ijaiye-Iseyin Road – providing a
vital link between two zones.
Now that we have successfully linked these four
zones, people will ask: what about the fth zone?
What about the people of Ibarapaland?
We have a message for our people in Ibarapa Zone. We are
coming for you!
Yes, we did not forget you.
The Englishman says the patient dog eats the fattest bone,
but our people say it is the person who gets the bottom of
the pot that eats the sweetest part of the food.
In our bid to engineer a modern Oyo State, the
people of Ibarapa will not be left out. We have reawarded
the reconstruction of the 58km Omi Adio-Ido-
Eruwa Road. Also, we have approved the limited
rehabilitation of the Igboora-Igangan-Iganna Road while the
reconstruction of the Isaba-Ogundoyin Road, Eruwa is
currently ongoing.
We did not come into government without a plan. We
knew what we wanted to accomplish, and I am happy that
you are all seeing a modern Oyo State develop before your
very eyes.
An Oyo State where no zone is left behind in our
development plan.
An Oyo State we can all be proud of.
So today, we are here to rejoice with the people of Oyo
Zone as we commission this 5.2km Gedu-Oroki-Sabo-Asipa
Road.
And on that note, I invite my brother, His Excellency,
Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Executive
Governor of Bauchi State, to perform the commissioning to
the glory of God and for the benet of the good people of
Oyo State.
Thank you, and God bless you.
Seyi Makinde,
March 17, 2022
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Governor Seyi Makinde at the Official
Flag-Off of the Construction of the
Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE
the Executive Governor of Oyo State
at the Official Flag-Off of the
Construction of the Saki-Ogbooro
-Igboho Road
on Monday, May 31, 2021.
et me welcome you all to the ofcial ag-off
Lof the 45.3km Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road.
The road was awarded for N8.7billion and
the contractors are Messrs China Civil Engineering
Construction Corporation (CCECC). They have
been on site for the past three months and we can
see how far they've gone. We are expecting that this
project will be completed in May 2022. And the
contractors have assured me that it will be ready.
The road is of great economic signicance to the
people of Saki, Ogbooro and Igboho. It will serve as
a link between these communities and we all know
what happens when communities are linked –
economic boom. We have seen this happen in
other areas where we have opened up through
roads. People who moved out of Apete are now
returning because their road is better. And even
closer to you here, with the reconstruction of the
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Moniya-Iseyin Road, we see farm estates springing up
on both sides of the road.
When you think of it, you will see that a good road
network serves as the foundation for development in
other sectors. For example, we cannot have a
thriving tourism industry when the roads are
bad. When people think of how much they have to
suffer to get to some destinations, they will rather
just stay away.
So, when people ask us why we have not started
doing something visible about our tourism sites, I
usually tell them, one thing at a time. First, we
create the needed infrastructure and then we
build on it. As I always say, our plan is to lift the
people out of Oyo State from poverty to prosperity.
To accomplish this, we have to take decisions
based on science, data and logic.
So, you can clearly see the logic behind why we are
now turning attention to tourism at this time. We
needed to build the base infrastructure. And we are
not resting on our oars. We will continue to deliver
good roads and quality infrastructure to our people.
On this note, I hereby ofcially ag off the
reconstruction Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road, to the
glory of God and the for benet of the good people
of Oyo State.
Seyi Makinde
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THE RECONSTRUCTION /
REHABILITATION OF
Oyo-Iseyin Road
(34.85km) Project
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GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE'S
REMARKS AT THE FLAG-OFF OF
THE 38.45KM OYO-ISEYIN ROAD
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As you drive in from the Oyo end of this road, you will
see the amount of work that Messrs Kopek
Construction Ltd have already done on this road. I'm
sure the good people of Oyo are already seeing the benets
of this road construction. And when it is completed, it will
become a vital link between the farming communities of
Oke-Ogun and Oyo, providing the much-needed market
linkage between these zones.
Well, this is the ofcial ag-off of the construction, but the
contractors have been on-site for ve months. You can now
do the maths to see if they are on course to complete their
work within the scheduled one year. They have assured us
that this will happen.
Permit me at this point to once again welcome my brother,
His Excellency Douye Diri, the Executive Governor of
Bayelsa State and thank him for honouring us with his
presence to ag off this road construction ofcially.
As I mentioned, Messrs Kopek Construction is handling this
contract. The total contract sum which was originally eight
point four billion Naira (N8.4 billion) was increased to nine
point nine billion Naira (N9.9 billion) last month.
As you may be aware, this is a federal road being reconstructed by the
Oyo State Government. So, after consultation with the Federal
Government, we were given specications to comply with.
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For example, we had to increase the width of the road from
10.75m to 12.75m to meet the federal government
specications. We are executing the project using the
Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA).
Let me take a few minutes to talk about our approach to
executing projects in Oyo State.
Some people are still confused as to how we are still
agging off projects when some states are nding it
difcult to pay salaries. They do not understand how we are
raising Oyo State's Internally Generated Revenue (IGR),
building our economy and engineering a modern Oyo State.
With APFA, the contractor funds the project, and we pay back
over an agreed period of time. And let me make this clear: you
have my word that not one Naira will be left unpaid to any
contractor under APFA at the end of our current tenure.
For example, for this project, which was awarded in June this
year, the repayment period is seventeen (17) months. This
means that the project will be completed before all the
repayments are made. However, the last repayment will be
made by December 2022.
And so, what do they do?
They go to town with stories.
Seyi Makinde is taking on hidden debts. He is going to turn our
children into slaves. The debt he is leaving, we don't know
how many years it will take us to pay it.
All lies, fake news and disinformation.
Our secret to carrying on these projects is the
Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA). And I can
say it's an open secret. Because from when we started using it,
we have always been open and transparent about it.
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So, do not allow anyone to confuse you—road construction is
a big part of our engineering a modern Oyo State.
The building of roads forms the foundation of the
development of all other sectors of the four pillars of our
governance as clearly outlined in our Roadmap to
Accelerated Development in Oyo State, 2019-2023
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You need good roads to drive to healthcare centres. Without
good roads, our children cannot go to school. How will our
farmers get to the markets if the roads are bad? And no
matter how many vehicles we give to security agencies,
how will they be able to get to people in trouble when the
roads are bad?
So, we will continue to build a viable road network for our dear
state. This is the path to sustainable development.
We look forward to coming back here in seven months to
commission this 34.85km Oyo-Iseyin Road to the glory of God
and for the benet of the good people of Oyo State.
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Ogbomoso - Fapote
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Governor Seyi Makinde’s Remarks
at the Flag Off of the 76.67km
Ogbomoso-Fapote-
Iseyin Road
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His Excellency Engr. OluSeyi
Abiodun Makinde D.Sc, FNSE
the Executive Governor
of Oyo State
at the Flag Off of the 76.67km
Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road
on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
We are here today to ag-off of the
76.67km Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road
construction here in Ogbomoso.
But before I go on with my remarks, let me stop and
say a big thank you to my brother, the Executive
Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency AbdulRasaq
AbdulRahman. We are very happy that you could join
us here today, especially as you are our next-door
neighbour.
Many people may not know, but Oyo State
shares a border with Kwara State here at
Ogbomoso and so, this road is of vital economic
importance to both states. When it comes to the
facilitation of trade between the two states and the
movement of agricultural produce, our farmers and
other investors will be able to go from Iseyin all the way to Kwara through this
route. Also, the road will facilitate easy commutes between the Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology (LAUTECH) campuses in Ogbomoso and Iseyin.
As we always say, every project we embark on here in Oyo State, will
have data and logic behind it. So, for those asking, this is the logic behind this
road construction. We are facilitating both intracity and interstate movements.
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It bears repeating that where roads go,
development follows. And so, in our quest to
continue in the work of engineering a modern
Oyo State, we will continue executing road
projects.
Some people have come out to say we
should focus on one section of the state and
ensure it is developed. But this is not the
path to sustainable development. As I have
said in the past, we do not want to recreate
the problem with Nigeria in Oyo State.
Today, we are talking about restructuring as the
way forward for Nigeria because people in one
section of the country believe that they are the
ones creating all the wealth that people from the
other sections are benetting from.
So here in Oyo State, we have chosen that we
will develop all the zones in the state and the
best way to do this is by creating an effective
road network.
In this way, we are leveraging our comparative
advantage in agriculture.
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Because of what good is it that our farmers are producing but
they cannot move their produce to the market? Or that they have
access to just local markets where only people from the same vicinity
can buy, whereas they can get paid more when they are able to easily
travel to larger markets not just within the state but also outside it.
Of course, this our view of expanding the economy through efcient
road network may not be understood by many, especially those who
do not have the interests of the people at heart. Or how else will
you explain it that someone questioning the importance of the
Airport-Ajia-New Ife Road with a spur to Amuloko and the
Iseyin-Ogbomoso Road projects, saying they have little or no
economic value to the state.
People of Ogbomoso, is this road of value?
What about our brothers in Iseyin, do you think this road is important?
So, we will continue to fulll our mandate given to us by the people.
We will not relent in all our efforts to move Oyo State to prosperity
as we focus on protecting the interests of the good people of our
dear state.
And on that note, I will give my brother, His Excellency, Governor
AbdulRasaq AbdulRahman, the opportunity to speak to us and then we
will proceed to ag off the 76.67Km Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road
project to the glory of God and for the benet of the good people of
Oyo State.
Thank you and God bless you.
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OMI TITUN
TRANSFORMATION STAGE
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Senator Rashidi
Adewolu Ladoja
Residen al GRA
Pressure Reduc on & Metering
Sta on (PRMS)
– Shell Nigeria Gas
Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja
Circular Road Interchange 1
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SUPPORTING ECONOMIC EXPANSION:
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THE
SENATOR
RASHIDI ADEWOLU
LADOJA
CIRCULAR ROAD
PROJECT
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The
Senator
Rashidi
Adewolu
Ladoja
Circular
Road
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SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU
LADOJA CIRCULAR ROAD
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SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU
LADOJA CIRCULAR ROAD

SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU
LADOJA CIRCULAR ROAD
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Flag Off
The Reconstruction/rehabilitation
of Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo Road (91km)
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Governor Seyi Makinde’s
Remarks at the Official Flag-Off
of the Asphaltic
Reconstruction/Rehabilitation/
Expansion of the Ibadan-Iwo-
Osogbo Road
Today, I want to talk to you about the word
“revolution”. I know, when people hear the
word revolution, they often think of bloody
wars that lead to change in a political order. Well,
don't be alarmed, I am not here to preach violence.
Rather, I am here to talk about a different kind of
revolution that is happening in the south west of
Nigeria but ably led by my brother, Governor Oyetola
and myself.
You know, revolutions always bring to birth a new
order, a new way of doing things. And so, the
revolution in the south west has led to us changing the
former ways of doing things. In the past, every state
used to mind their own business and operate in their
own little corners. But with this new way of doing
things, we are pursuing collaborations with our sister
states.
When we just came in, we started on this path with
one of the biggest collaborations in the history of
south west states. We all came together and decided
on creating the Western Nigeria Security Network
code named Amotekun. And in 2020, we
operationalised the Oyo-Amotekun. As I have said on
many occasions, our people cannot imagine life
without Amotekun.
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lso, just about two years ago, we celebrated
Aanother win that resulted from this revolution. My
brother, our host for this ag-off, His Excellency
Gboyega Oyetola, the Executive Governor of Osun
State, was a big part of that history. He benevolently
acceded to granting us sole ownership of the Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), which
made it possible for me to fulll a campaign promise to
the good people of Oyo State.
Let me once again use this opportunity to say
thank you, egbon.
Additionally, earlier this year, just over six months ago, we
had a handshake with my brother from Ogun State, His
Excellency Dapo Abiodun. You will recall that we held a
joint security meeting over rising security threats at that
time. Together, we worked on securing the lives and
properties of our people at border communities of our
states. Since that collaboration, reports of kidnappings in
that axis have drastically reduced.
Today, I am joining His Excellency Gboyega Oyetola,
and together we are again, making history. This time,
as jointly agreed, we will be linking our dear states
with a road project. And so, another milestone of
collaboration is reached with this agging off of the
asphaltic reconstruction, rehabilitation and expansion of
the Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan Road. Well, coming from Oyo
State, you would say Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo Road. Don't be
confused, it's the same road. It's just a matter of direction.
I need to acknowledge also that we have both
demonstrated that politics should be left to those few
months when INEC says we should begin campaigning
either for elections or re-election.
Even then, just as my egbon has demonstrated, we
must practice politics of justice and fairness without
bitterness and rancour. The revolution we are leading
is a revolution of thought, it is a revolution of ideas. And
we are saying, governance must always trump politics.
When we make decisions, we must always put the
interests of our people rst.
Of course, you already know that my brother, the
Governor of Osun State is from an opposing party, the
All Progressives Congress (APC), while I belong to the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Despite this
difference, we have accomplished things that people
from the same party were unable to do.
This is the revolution we are talking about.
This latest collaboration also comes with dividends of good
governance. When this road is completed, our people will
be able to travel with ease between the states thereby
enhancing trade and commerce.
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And as we always say in Oyo
State, where roads go,
development follows. So, in
the next year or
thereabouts, we will begin
to see the development in
real terms.
I know we are not here to
campaign, but there is a
prophetic word from my
brother and I know that Oyo
State people are ready for
Omituntun 2.0. So, we will
allow God's will to be done.
And on this note we will -ga ot
deecorpoff the entire stretch of
Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan Road to
the glory of the Almighty God
and for the fo teneb
the good people of Osun and
Oyo States.
Thank you and God bless you.
Seyi Makinde
27th October 2022
Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola
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H I S T O R I C A L
BACKGROUND OF IBADAN
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To Ojoo
To Iwo ,
Osogbo
Iwo Road
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OF THE PROJECT
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