Makinde Drives Infrastructural Growth Five Years On – Oyelade

One month after the Implementation of the ₦80,000 minimum wage in Oyo State, the Oyo State Executive Council has approved the immediate construction and rehabilitation of Schools across the State to provide a more conducive environment for Students and Teachers alike to fester educational development in Oyo State.

In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, perimeter fencing, construction of toilet facilities, drilling of solar boreholes, installation of solar lights and procurement of furniture will form the main intervention of the State Government, involving 50 Contractors at a cost of ₦9,974,332.00 (Nine billion, nine hundred and seventy-four million, three hundred and thirty-two thousand naira).

The Council, which sat last night, also approved the second phase upgrade of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport.

According to the Council, Governor Seyi Makinde is determined that the stipulated standard of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is conformed with.

The second phase upgrade will cost ₦7,008,688.00 (Seven billion, eight million, six hundred and eighty-eight thousand naira).

Governor Seyi Makinde had said at the flag-off of the airport last year that the State will not compromise the upgrade of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport to International status and that all due diligence will be followed in this regard.

Several Aviation Experts from the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Air Force, are members of the Airport Upgrade Committee.

According to the Commissioner for Information, compensation of ₦2,399,428.00 (Two billion, three hundred and ninety-nine million, four hundred and twenty-eight thousand naira) has also been approved by the Council for the 32.2km Southeast segment of the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular road project.

The Council also took a decision on the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) phase two.

The Council recalled that after the successful implementation of the first phase, which included intervention on transportation, food relief packages, food security, health insurance and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), it has therefore approved the phase two of SAfER, which will concentrate on the continued subsidy on transportation and healthcare, the cost of which is ₦2,000,588.00 (Two billion, five hundred and eighty-eight thousand naira).

The Commissioner said that the Governor expressed his delight at the concept and the implementation of the first phase because the template of SAfER in Oyo State is not only more sustainable but more helpful to the masses at a time of need.

The Council also approved the scope of work on the Asphaltic improvement of some roads in Ibadan metropolis at a cost of ₦1,000,700.00 (One billion, seven hundred thousand naira).

The roads include: the NNPC/General Gas road, Anglican Church road off Kolapo Ishola junction and some others.

E-signed:
Prince Dotun Oyelade
Honourable Commissioner for Information and Orientation
Oyo State
26th February, 2025