Special Adviser (Strategy and Political)l Matters) to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, Hon. Babs Oduyoye, has urged residents of Oyo State to support the governor for another term by re-electing him in 2023.
Oduyoye, a former Principal Officer of the House of Representatives, said Makinde has justified the confidence reposed in him by the electorate in the state in 2019.
He congratulated Governor Makinde on winning the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the party’s standard-bearer for the 2023 governorship election.
The former lawmaker, who served as the Chief Whip of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the House of Representatives, said the governor has not only fulfilled his promises, he has also brought joy to the residents of the state through several sound policies and programmes.
Oduyoye maintained that the decision of the PDP faithful to reward Makinde with the party’s governorship ticket for another term was a confirmation of the saying that one good turn deserves another.
He called on the electorate to take a cue from Makinde’s victory at the primaries to extend the run of good governance, which he said the governor has brought to bear in the state.
“The resounding victory of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, at the PDP State Congress to elect the party’s standard-bearer is not unexpected.
“I congratulate His Excellency, the PDP family in Oyo State and, indeed, all lovers of good governance and democracy, on the confidence reposed in Governor Makinde.
“That victory was a pointer to the fact that Nigerians and residents of Oyo State recognise hard work and excellence. I have no doubt that the generality of the electorate would follow that cue.
“In only three years, Governor Makinde has brought unprecedented development to Oyo State,” Oduyoye stated in a release he personally signed.
He further said: “From developments of road infrastructure that have repositioned the state’s economy to an improved education system, which have changed the story of the state in public examinations, the governor has justified people’s confidence.
“Aware of the imperative of the mandate he got from the Oyo State electorate on March 9, 2019, Governor Makinde put in his best efforts to deliver on that mandate.
“I am quite confident that his vision to bring about a more secured, prosperous and progressive Oyo State would have been sharpened the more with the victory at the gubernatorial primaries.”
