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So, I can say with all condence: Another promise kept!
Some people will say there are other roads that need
repairs; that some roads in Ibadan need rehabilitation.
Yes, we are aware of the state of roads, not just in
Ibadan but the whole of Oyo State. And as we have
promised, governance will continue to the last day
of the life of this administration. So, we are already
doing something about inner city roads.
Earlier in the week, we gave the Oyo State Road
Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA) 750 Million Naira
for the rehabilitation of roads. The plan is to ensure
that all LGAs get some of their roads xed.
And let me quickly address again an issue that
keeps coming up in conversation. There is this idea
that the State Government has hijacked Local
Government functions. Let me repeat that we have
not in any way hijacked the functions of any local
government. We are only putting in the work needed
to assist them in their functions. We all know the
economic realities in our country right now. This has
often led to people having to make tough decisions.
Sometimes, looking at the money in your pocket, you
may decide, “meat is not my problem this night. Let
me buy bread.” It is this same decision that
government at all levels need to make.
For example, should we pay salaries or use the
money to build roads? Because the money is simply
not enough to do both.
And so, here in Oyo State, we decided to make that
decision easier for the LGAs. We tell them, go ahead
and pay salaries – which stimulate the economy – we
will assist you in doing other things that you should be
doing.
Let me once again thank my brother, Governor Kayode
Fayemi, for doing us the honour of being with us for the
commissioning of the General Gas Flyover and the Idi
Ape-Basorun-Akobo Odogbo Barracks Road.
We appreciate you. I will now yield the podium to him,
after which we shall proceed to commission the General
Gas Flyover and the Idi Ape-Basorun-Akobo-Odogbo
Barracks Road to the glory of God and for the benet
of the good people of Oyo State.
Thank you, and God bless you.
Seyi Makinde
September 15, 2022
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