Governor Seyi Makinde

Bayo Lawal Announced As Gov Makinde’s Running Mate

June 7, 2022 1:18 pm

As the race for 2023 grows hotter, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has finally pronounced Bayo Lawal as his running mate ahead of the 2023 elections.

Makinde made this announcement on Tuesday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the governor made the announcement during a meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from the Oke Ogun zone.

Some of the PDP leaders who were at the meeting according to sources are former PDP Chairman in the state, Kunmi Mustapha, his successor, Dayo Ogungbenro and Senator Hosea Agboola.

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Gov Makinde Orders Reopening Of Schools In Oyo State

October 25, 2020 2:13 pm

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Sunday directed schools in Ibadan, the state capital, to resume normal academic activities.

He said the schools should resume from tomorrow, Monday, 26th October 2020.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Makinde had on Tuesday ordered the closure of the schools.

He has, however, ordered the reopening of schools effective from tomorrow (Monday).

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Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the directive followed a review of the situation in Ibadan metropolis as earlier promised by …

Makinde Not Spending Funds On Politics In Other States – Aide

September 13, 2020 4:15 am

Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo, has denied the allegation that his boss has been spending the state’s resources on politics in other states.

A statement issued by Moses Alao, Makinde’s Special Assistant on Print Media, indicated that Adisa said this during a radio programme in Ibadan on Saturday.

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Adisa maintained that Makinde has been spending the state’s resources to benefit the people of the state, contrary to insinuations that the governor has been spending Oyo State’s money on politics in other …

COVID-19: Makinde Inaugurates Another Isolation Centre In Ibadan

July 5, 2020 8:29 am

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Saturday, inaugurated an upgraded 10-bed space Agbami Isolation Centre in Jericho, Ibadan for the COVID-19 patients.

Makinde said on the occasion that the new facility would encourage private individuals to self-isolate at the centre.

He explained that the facility, which was a Tuberculosis (TB) Centre, was inaugurated at the twilight of the last administration.

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“It has been upgraded now; we have oxygen concentrator here and you will get the type of care that you truly deserved.

“Now, there is COVID-19 pandemic

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‘Florence Ajimobi Refused Gov Makinde’s Offer For Help’

June 29, 2020 7:36 am

The family of former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, rejected the offer of assistance from his successor, Governor Seyi Makinde, while he was undergoing treatment in Lagos before his death last week Thursday.

Relationship between Ajimobi’s family and the Oyo State government has been frosty leading to accusations and counter-accusations on what was responsible for the delay in his burial.

Tongues started wagging on Sunday when a video went viral in which the former First Lady, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, raised dust over the failure of Governor Makinde to reach out to her since the sickness and eventual demise …