Despite receiving about N145 billion in federal allocation in 2024 and about N214 billion in 2025, Governor Seyi Makinde could not explain on national television why he has failed to achieve industrial revolution, create jobs and stimulate wealth for Oyo State people.
The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO), gave the verdict in a statement issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Bisi Oladele.
It described Makinde’s interview as an advertisement of his cluelessness on how to make Oyo State’s economy productive with the huge federal allocations his administration has collected under President Bola Tinubu since 2023.
It added: “It is shameful that Governor Makinde tried in vain to downplay the triple and sometimes quadruple federal allocations accruing to Oyo State since 2023 by reason of President Tinubu’s reforms, insisting that what matters is productive economy. He has failed to apply the funds appropriately to create the right environment for industrialisation and activities that will provide jobs and enable the people of Oyo State to create wealth.
“It is a sign of cluelessness to have huge funds and have no idea how to use it to enable productive economic activities. If President Tinubu’s reforms deliver the money, should he be the one to teach Governor Makinde how to utilize it to the benefits of the people of Oyo State?”
It said it is disheartening that Governor Seyi Makinde spent N8.5 billion from the increased federal allocations on a failed electricity project while he criticizes President Bola Tinubu for not fixing electricity.
The organisation pointed out that Lagos, Ekiti and Abia have taken advantage of the Electricity Act 2023, which President Tinubu signed into law to liberalise electricity generation and distribution, among other provisions, but Governor Makinde has failed woefully to act in the same manner to provide electricity to industries, other businesses and households.
It said it is ridiculous that a man who cannot reset the Oyo State economy is grandstanding as a man who can reset Nigeria, and it added that Oyo State people definitely deserve a better governor than Makinde.
The organisation said when Senator Sharafadeen Alli is elected, he will fix the mess that Governor Makinde created in many sectors.
It said in his Oyo AHEAD agenda, Senator Alli will constitute the state electricity regulator to generate power in Oyo State, leverage solar energy, support the organised private sector with low-interest funds, revive the free trade zone and establish a N10 billion fund for youth development.
It stated that Senator Alli’s alignment with the federal government will deliver greater benefits for Oyo State, and this is why Oyo people must vote right in the 2027 election.
