As the 2023 elections approach, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao (Allow Alao), has alerted the people of the state to be wary of the antics of Governor Seyi Makinde.
Alao, in a statement issued by his Media Office, warned the people not to be hoodwinked by the various promises being made and the last-minute rush by his administration to do some palliative works to secure a second term. He expressed his desperate attempt to hold onto power at any cost.
He said the governor has been touring the state making outlandish promises to turn the state into eldorado when his tenure would end in few months’ time, noting that he is striving too hard to deceive the people with empty promises that he could not fulfil for over three years as governor.
It is important to warn the people of the state not to be fooled by all the promises been made by Governor Makinde as he embarks on what could be described as jamboree across the state; all in his desperation to retain power at all costs.
According to him, “It is our belief that it is an inordinate ambition on the part of the governor to be seeking another term when he has failed the people woefully. And going around to make empty promises to hood-wink the masses/electorates is nothing but a great crime against the people. Moreso when in over three years he has only succeeded in fooling the people.
“From Oke Ogun to Oyo, Ogbomoso, Ibarapa and Ibadan, it has been promised upon promises of awarding new roads or re-awarding of old ones, Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho, Ijio-Idiko-Ile, Igangan/Igbo Ora and Omi Adio-Ido, the question we should ask our dear governor is why now?”. Furthermore, GSM has abandoned for the last 3yrs other inter-city roads like Ibadan-Iddo-Eruwa road which were in deplorable and unmotorable conditions and needs urgent attention
He added that the streetlights, which have been moribund for some time now, leading to a high rate of insecurity in many parts of the state, especially Ibadan, the state capital, have been reactivated, noting that the governor is doing all these to deceive the people of the state.
The Asiwaju of Irokoland maintained that Governor Makinde has brought many woes to the state with poorly thought-out policies that are not in the state’s interest. He stated that his policy on education failed woefully, leading to the axe of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) falling on 50 secondary schools in the state.
He said the administration’s bogus and uncoordinated free education, introduced to spite the immediate past government of the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, is failing day by day, with the state coming last among the states in Yorubaland.
“It is nothing but a fact that the glory of Oyo State is on a downward slide under the administration of Governor Makinde, thus our people should not be swayed by bold-faced lies and empty promises that would make them vote again for a government whose scorecard is nothing but defeating the essence of good governance”, he said.
