The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has affirmed that the state would experience more positive developments under the Omituntun 2.0 mantra, if he is re-elected as governor.
Makinde, who stated this while addressing party faithful in the Ogbomoso zone of the state, maintained that he had delivered on his promises to the people of Ogbomoso, adding that he would consolidate on the achievements so far recorded when re-elected on March 11, 2023.
The governor, who spoke at Oja-Igbo in Ogbomoso and Ahorodada, Tewure, Olokoto and Ikoyi-Ile in the Oriire Local Government Area, on Monday and Tuesday, urged the residents of Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South and Oriire Local Council to vote for him and the candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogbomosoland in the national and state assembly elections.
While addressing a crowd of supporters at Oja Igbo, Ogbomoso, venue of the campaign for Ogbomoso main councils, the governor stated that if he is re-elected, he would continue to take the people of the state from poverty to prosperity under Omituntun 2.0, recalling that while campaigning in 2019, he promised to ensure that the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) is solely owned by Oyo State and the administration had achieved that.
He said: “When I came here to flag off our campaign in 2019, we promised to build infrastructure that target our economy. You can see the LAUTECH-Under G Road that we constructed and the Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road.
“In the education sector, we promised to improve the standard of education and the first thing we did was to scrap the N3,000 education levy imposed by the previous government. You can also see the evidence of our infrastructure building in the education sector, as we have built model schools, classrooms and other facilities as part of our agenda to improve the sector,” Makinde stated.
Also speaking during campaign stops at Ahoro Dada, Olokoto, Tewure and Ikoyi-Ile communities of the Oriire Local Government Area, the governor gave the assurance that his new government, under Omituntun 2.0, would bring more good governance, declaring that all the positive developments recorded so far were only a tip of the iceberg and that he would go on to do more under Omituntun 2.0.
He noted: “In 2019, I made some promises to you, among which I said I would take our people from poverty to prosperity under Omituntun 1.0. From Ogbomoso, it took us 20 minutes to get to Ahoro Dada and this is due to the Ogbomoso-Fapote-Iseyin Road, which this administration is constructing. Now, our farmers can take our farm produce to the markets in urban centers.
“I also promised there would be one PHC in each ward and we have done this. I vowed to secure lives and properties and you can all see what the Amotekun is doing. We have put in place a communication network for our security agencies. All of these have been achieved under Omituntun 1.0. So, we want to upgrade to Omituntun 2.0,” Makinde disclosed.
The governor enjoined the people in the zone to vote for all PDP candidates, specifying that the senatorial candidate to vote for is Hon. Akinwale Akinwole Wolekanle, Hon. Onireti for the House of Representatives, Hon. Ogundele Johnson for House of Assembly and him (Seyi Makinde) as governor.
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