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Fruit Processing Plants: A Conditional Promise Partially Realized
Dec 15, 2020
Fruit Processing Plants: A Conditional Promise Partially Realized

Governor Seyi Makinde's campaign pledge to establish fruit processing plants was qualified by timeline conditions: short-term completion if linked with existing processors (one year), but medium to long-term if new off-takers were to be brought in.  During his first term (2019-2023), the promise remained largely unfulfilled on its stated terms. By the two-year mark of his administration, Simply Green Farm, a private fruit processing company, had established its business in Oyo State, marking the only documented fruit processing facility to commence operations under the stated promise. However, this appears to have been a private sector initiative rather than a government-led project.  By the third year in office (2022-2023), government documentation indicated that fruit processing plants had "not yet commenced" as a deliberate state initiative, meaning no new government-supported or state-coordinated facility had been launched.  The promise was eventually superseded by the broader agribusiness strategy, which pivoted toward establishing the Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub and planning subsequent hubs at Eruwa and Ijaiye, where fruit processing would theoretically be integrated into larger processing complexes.  During his second term campaign in January 2023, Governor Makinde revived the fruit processing commitment, specifically mentioning plans to reactivate the Oko Fruit Processing Factory (previously Pacesetter Fruit Processing Company) in Surulere Local Government Area, signaling renewed attention to the sector beyond the first term's limited progress.

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Makinde hands over state’s moribund fruit juice company to investors
Dec 15, 2020
Makinde hands over state’s moribund fruit juice company to investors

Source: The Eagle OnlineThe Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Thursday officially kickstarted the process of reviving the moribund Pacesetter Fruit Processing Company, Oko, when he handed it over to AGVEST Limited.The event, which took place at the premises of the company in Oko, Surulere South Local Council Development Area, was attended by government functionaries, traditional rulers and chairmen of all local governments and local council development areas in Ogbomosoland.While performing the handover ceremony, Governor Makinde maintained that the revival of the company will bring economic development to the state.

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Makinde Keeps Youth Promise: Appoints 27-Year-Old as Sports Commissioner
Dec 10, 2020
Makinde Keeps Youth Promise: Appoints 27-Year-Old as Sports Commissioner

Governor Seyi Makinde fulfilled his campaign pledge to appoint someone below the age of 30 as Commissioner for Youth and Sports by nominating Seun Fakorede, then 27 years old, in August 2019, shortly after assuming office.  (right to left) Gov. Seyi Makinde with the newly elected Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Seun Fakorede Fakorede, a civil engineer and alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was sworn in on August 26, 2019, making him Nigeria's youngest commissioner in history at the time.  During the swearing-in ceremony, Governor Makinde reiterated his commitment to the pledge, stating:  “I promised them that whoever is going to be the commissioner of youths and sports will be below 30 years of age and I was conscious of the fact”. Fakorede served continuously in this position from August 2019 through September 2023, covering the entire first term and extending into the second term. During his tenure, he oversaw youth empowerment programs, agribusiness training initiatives, sports facility upgrades including the remodeled Lekan Salami Stadium, and various athletic competitions.  His appointment earned recognition as an innovative approach to youth inclusion in governance, with Fakorede subsequently winning The Future Awards Africa Prize for Governance in 2020 and being named a 2022 Politician of the Year by One Young World.  The promise was not only kept but exceeded in symbolic value, establishing a template for intergenerational leadership in the state.

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Seyi Makinde's Community-Based Health Insurance Promise Falls Short of First-Year Target
Dec 10, 2020
Seyi Makinde's Community-Based Health Insurance Promise Falls Short of First-Year Target

Governor Seyi Makinde's campaign promise to establish pilot community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in "at least four LGAs in each senatorial zone" by the end of his first year (May 2020) was not met.   By the end of the first year in office, the administration had only piloted the CBHI scheme in two communities, Eyin Grammar and Ogungbade Community in Egbeda Local Government Area, rather than the four LGAs per senatorial zone (totaling 12 LGAs across three senatorial zones) as explicitly promised.   While the Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) eventually scaled up community-based health insurance schemes across the state during subsequent years, the failure to meet the specific first-year benchmark of pilot schemes in at least four LGAs per senatorial zone represents a broken timeline.  The promise explicitly required this expansion by the end of year one, with scaling to other LGAs planned for the second year. The administration instead pursued a slower, less ambitious rollout than pledged.

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Oyo Education Funding Outpaces International Benchmarks as First Term Concludes
Jun 08, 2020
Oyo Education Funding Outpaces International Benchmarks as First Term Concludes

As the administration’s first term drew to a close in early 2023, the Governor presented a "Budget of Sustainable Development" which earmarked N58.21 billion for the education sector. This allocation represented 18.78% of the total budget, maintaining the state's record of staying within the UNESCO-recommended 15-20% bracket despite the economic pressures of inflation and fluctuating federal allocations.   This followed a consistent pattern set in 2022, when the government allocated 18.37% (N54.11 billion) to the sector, focusing heavily on the completion of over 700 classroom blocks and several "Model Schools" across the three senatorial districts.  The middle of the term saw even more aggressive funding. In 2021, the state hit a 21% allocation mark, a move that the government argued was necessary to stabilize the sector following the COVID-19 pandemic's disruptions.  However, the most significant leap occurred in the 2020 fiscal year, the administration’s first full budget cycle, where education funding skyrocketed to 22.37%.  This historic high was more than double the original 10% promise and positioned Oyo as one of the leading states in Nigeria for education spending.  Wasiu Olatunbosun, Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Oyo state. This journey began in the latter half of 2019, shortly after the May inauguration, when the Governor moved to fulfill his campaign pledge by reviewing the state's budget and jacking up the education portion from a meager 3% to the promised 10% threshold to fund the immediate distribution of free textbooks and science equipment. 

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Oyo Govt Charges Enrollment Drive Committee on Basic Education
Jun 07, 2020
Oyo Govt Charges Enrollment Drive Committee on Basic Education

Official Website of Oyo State Government Oyo State Government has charged members of the newly inaugurated committee on enrollment drive to facilitate enrollment, retention and completion of Basic Education in the State. “The Enrolment drive is geared towards addressing the out-of-school-children phenomenon in the State. This will create needed awareness on the need to address out-of-school-children in the State, this drive would adopt different strategies targeted at communities in the State, so as to increase enrolment in Public schools”.

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Oyo State relaunches RAAMP to promote agric development, expansion
Jun 06, 2020
Oyo State relaunches RAAMP to promote agric development, expansion

VONGov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says the relaunch of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) in the state will assist its economic expansion through development of the agriculture sector. The Governor made this known during the relaunch of RAAMP and inauguration of the Oyo State Project Monitoring and Technical Steering Committee  held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan.

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615 Toll-Free Line Becomes Fully Operational in Oyo
May 07, 2020
615 Toll-Free Line Becomes Fully Operational in Oyo

By the time the first term reached its conclusion in May 2023, the 615 emergency line had become the central nervous system of the state’s security architecture. It was fully integrated with the Amotekun Corps, which was operationalized in 2020, allowing for a hybrid response where state-led and federal security agencies could be dispatched from the same control room.  Reports in early 2023 indicated that the system was being utilized not just for crime, but for fire and traffic emergencies, signaling its evolution into a multi-sectoral safety tool.  This followed a period in 2021 and 2022 where the administration focused on upgrading the Security Control Room at the Oyo State Security Trust Fund Headquarters in Onireke, ensuring that the technology could support geo-location and real-time video feeds from strategic points across the state.  The formal legal and technical framework for the service was secured in May 2020, when the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) officially approved "615" as the dedicated emergency code for Oyo State. This was a critical step that allowed the service to be truly toll-free across all major telecommunication networks, fulfilling the promise of a cost-free reach to the government.   The journey had begun in earnest on November 19, 2019, when the Governor launched the security code alongside the distribution of 100 patrol vehicles.  These vehicles were equipped with digital communication gadgets specifically designed to receive prompts from the 615 command center, ensuring that the "toll-free line" was not just a phone number, but a direct link to a mobile response unit.

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