Makinde meets stakeholders, calls for unity to guarantee Oyo’s continued development

Makinde meets stakeholders, calls for unity to guarantee Oyo’s continued development

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has urged members of his team and political family to stay united to ensure the development of Oyo State beyond 2027.

The governor called on all party leaders, stakeholders and, especially, candidates as well as aspirants for different elective offices in 2027 to stick together for the continuation of the good works started by his administration in 2019.

Governor Makinde, who stated this on Friday evening, at a meeting with political stakeholders, declared that though some people have been praising him for raising the bar of governance in Oyo State, the achievement should be attributed to his team, as everyone contributed and is still contributing their quotas to uplift the state.

He cautioned against allowing ambitions to divide the team, stating that the 51 elective posts in the general elections can only be taken by a few people who would need the generality of the people to succeed.

The governor, who noted that the engagement with critical stakeholders would be a continued exercise, said the people of Oyo State have tasked him and his team to select a credible set of people, who can continue the good works his government has been doing, assuring that they will deliver the votes in 2027 as they did in 2019 and 2023.

He noted, however, that party members and loyalists must not allow ambitions to derail that focus, as it is only through continued unity and the success of the team that the people of Oyo State can continue to reap the benefits of the administration.

He said that the time calls for peacebuilding and overlooking wrongs so as not to allow the system to be derailed with misinformation and disinformation, which he said some people have begun to pedd