Governor Seyi Makinde gave the assurance at the second stakeholder’s engagement on the 2022 budget, organized by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Ibadan.

Makinde who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun in his keynote address, vowed to the people of the state that he would not abandon his promise to carry out the will of the people for a better society.

   He emphasized some major projects that have been approved based on the will of the good people, ranging from the construction of two-bay permanent fire stations at Atiba and Ibarapa Central local government areas, Oyo-Iseyin road reconstruction, the Light Up Oyo project amongst others. The governor encourages the people of the state to speak out their minds on what they want from the current administration, to include them in the 2022 budget, as the administration has this has become the policy guidelines of the government. “The stakeholder engagement is to gather the array of needs of the people and make them the programs of the government, as we have always been saying, this is a people-centered administration that is focused on making policies, programs, and activities that are driven by the needs of the people.

  “We are communicating directly with the people that put us in power to drive governance and we must do it according to their wish and aspiration, the projects highlighted are per the demands made by the people and concerning the available resources, we will continue to do this and we have seen that it is the best form of communicating with the people,’’ he said.