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2021: Fayemi earmarks N1.4 billion for Amotekun in Ekiti
Jun 01, 2025
2021: Fayemi earmarks N1.4 billion for Amotekun in Ekiti

In what could be described as a deliberate attempt in ensuring effective security of lives and property in Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi has earmarked a sum of N1.4 billion for the State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps in the 2021 fiscal year.The Governor had on December 23, 2020, assented to the budgetary provision christened “Budget of Recovery and Economic Restoration,” comprising N58.4 billion recurrent and N51.6 billion capital expenditures.Source: Nigerian Tribune

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Oyo Revitalises Moribund Graduate Loan Scheme with Final-Year Training and Disbursement
May 31, 2025
Oyo Revitalises Moribund Graduate Loan Scheme with Final-Year Training and Disbursement

As the first term entered its final months in early 2023, the Ministry of Investment, Trade, Cooperatives, and Industry formally operationalized the scheme by training over 400 graduate applicants.  This intensive Entrepreneurial Development Programme (EDP), held in January 2023, focused on practical skills such as feasibility study writing, business management, and industrial identification.  Following the training, the government approved a revolving soft loan of N500,000 for qualified applicants, ensuring that the participants had the financial backing to put their new skills into practice before the May transition.  In the initial years (2019–2020), the administration’s focus was primarily on clearing backlogs of pension payments and stabilizing the general workforce. While the "Roadmap for Accelerated Development" listed the graduate scheme as a priority, actual implementation was deferred in favor of broader MSME stimulus packages launched during the COVID-19 pandemic.  It was not until the final fiscal year of the mandate that the specific "GISES" machinery was fully oiled and triggered, allowing the administration to fulfill the promise of a dedicated graduate employment vehicle just as the first term concluded. 

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Oyo govt pays counterpart fund for World Bank project on rural access roads
May 29, 2025
Oyo govt pays counterpart fund for World Bank project on rural access roads

Source: Business DayOyo State Government on Wednesday paid the counterpart fund for Development Partners-backed Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) to ensure accelerated development of the rural communities in the state.Governor Seyi Makinde who disclosed this at the inauguration of the Project Monitoring and Technical Steering Committee, at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the sum of N350 Million was paid two months into his tenure in office to facilitate the project.The project, which was instituted in April 2016, had remained moribund as a result of the failure of the state to pay the 12 per cent counterpart fund required by the Development Partners, including the World Bank, the French Development Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB), among others.The governor stated that RAAMP would ensure quality and durable roads that would open up the rural areas for business.According to him, “when we came in, we met the RAAM Project almost moribund because Oyo State couldn’t pay its own counterpart fund. Within two and half months of our administration, we provided the counterpart fund and we were able to get the project back on track”.The project, which was meant to construct, rehabilitate and maintain over 1000 kilometres of rural roads across 33 Local Government Areas and 35 Local Council Development Areas of the state is aimed at linking the state’s Agro-logistic hubs for economic and social development.Governor Makinde said that the RAAMP is aimed at improving the standard of living of rural dwellers, ease access to transportation and enhance rural participation in economic development.

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Oyo Formalizes Grassroots Security as Amotekun and Vigilante Groups Lead Crime Prevention
May 31, 2024
Oyo Formalizes Grassroots Security as Amotekun and Vigilante Groups Lead Crime Prevention

As the first term concluded in May 2023, the administration had established a robust infrastructure for community-based security. The Oyo Amotekun Corps, with 1,500 personnel deployed across all 33 Local Government Areas, became the primary vehicle for this community participation.   These corps members are recruited from their local communities, ensuring they have the trust and cultural sensitivity required for effective intelligence gathering. To support this, the government provided 100 operational vehicles and dual communication systems, enabling local watch groups to coordinate directly with the state’s central security control room.  A critical component of this participation was the operationalization of the 615 Citizens’ Emergency toll-free line and the relaunch of the Oyo City Watch and Crime Alert Platform. These tools allow citizens to report crimes in real-time, effectively turning every smartphone into a neighborhood watch tool.  By 2021, the government had expanded the Security Control Room at Onireke, Ibadan, to act as a hub for these community-generated alerts. This digital integration ensured that the "see something, say something" slogan moved beyond rhetoric into a functional emergency response system.  Throughout 2022, the state deepened its engagement with traditional rulers and community leaders to oversee these neighborhood security efforts. Regular security council meetings at the local government level provided a platform for these non-state actors to share intelligence with the Police and the Civil Defence (NSCDC). 

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Oyo Pilots Modern Ranching at Fasola Hub, but Zonal Livestock Village Rollout Remains Unfinished
May 31, 2024
Oyo Pilots Modern Ranching at Fasola Hub, but Zonal Livestock Village Rollout Remains Unfinished

As the first term concluded in May 2023, the Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub stood as the primary evidence of progress. The facility had transitioned from a moribund state to an "advanced stage" of development, hosting private-sector partners like FrieslandCampina WAMCO, which committed to establishing a dairy value chain.   Reports from late 2022 highlighted the construction of livestock-specific infrastructure at Fasola, including grazing fields and plans for meat processing facilities. Additionally, the Oyo State-IITA Youth Agribusiness Incubation Park Centre in Aawe was resuscitated, featuring goat and sheep pens (100-capacity each) and poultry pens (2,000-capacity) as a training model for young "agropreneurs."  Earlier in 2021, the administration focused on the legal and institutional framework by enacting the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) Law. This agency became the vehicle for coordinating livestock investments. During this period, the government successfully signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with international livestock firms to manage components of the proposed villages.  However, construction at the Eruwa and Akufo hubs, which were also intended to host livestock clusters, faced significant bureaucratic and logistical delays, with work only intensifying in the final year of the term. The journey began in late 2019 and early 2020 with the passage of the Oyo State Open Rearing and Grazing Regulation Law. To support the implementation of this law, the government promised to provide alternative "livestock villages" to house herders and their animals.   While the vision was integrated into the broader "Agribusiness Hub" master plan, the actual physical establishment of these villages across multiple zones did not meet the full scale envisioned in the 2019 roadmap. Consequently, by the May 2023 handover, the state had successfully piloted the model at Fasola but had yet to replicate it across the other seven planned locations.

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Seyi Makinde Breaks Tree Planters Association Formation Promise
May 30, 2024
Seyi Makinde Breaks Tree Planters Association Formation Promise

Governor Seyi Makinde's campaign promise to form a Tree Planters Association in Oyo State during his first term (May 2019-May 2023) was never executed.  The manifesto explicitly listed "Formation of Tree Planters Association in the state" as a specific deliverable under forest reserves and afforestation initiatives .   While the administration launched tree planting campaigns, notably a 500,000-tree planting initiative in May 2021 and various afforestation drives, no Tree Planters Association was formally established, registered, or inaugurated.  Tree planting remained a government-led activity rather than a structured, independent association of tree planters as promised. The promise was broken.

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Makinde's PWD Census Stalls as Focus Shifts to Agency Setup and Recruitment Portals
May 30, 2024
Makinde's PWD Census Stalls as Focus Shifts to Agency Setup and Recruitment Portals

The administration established the Oyo State Agency for Persons with Disabilities (OYSAPD) in 2022 and launched a biometric data capture portal to begin registration. Some individuals were successfully captured in this database to facilitate targeted recruitment into the state's teaching and civil service sectors.   However, the promised state-wide census and comprehensive data analysis remained unfulfilled at the conclusion of the first term. 

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Makinde's Dedicated Health Scheme for Seniors Fails to Launch as First Term Concludes
May 30, 2024
Makinde's Dedicated Health Scheme for Seniors Fails to Launch as First Term Concludes

By May 2023, no new legislative or institutional framework specifically for elderly health insurance had been created. Although, by March 2023, as his first term was concluding, pensioners and senior citizens acknowledged receiving medical support through OYSHIA, this represented an extension of an existing system rather than fulfillment of the promised standalone scheme.  

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Akwa Ibom moves to actualise Ibom Deep Seaport project
May 29, 2024
Akwa Ibom moves to actualise Ibom Deep Seaport project

Source: Business DayThere are renewed hopes towards the actualisation of the Ibom Deep Seaport as Akwa Ibom government has repositioned the technical committee in charge of its implementation by providing it with a befitting office accommodation. Accordingly, Governor Umo Eno has conducted members of the Technical Committee on the Implementation of Ibom Deep Seaport round the new office accommodation assigned to them on the third floor of Dakkadda Towers, the state-owned 21-storey smart building on Udo Udoma Banking Layout, Uyo. The governor said the move to allocate the new office space to the committee was necessitated by the need to avail them with requisite and befitting office space to aid the realisation of the Deep Seaport project.

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