Oyo State Government has promised to consolidate its achievements in all zones across the state in the coming 2023 budget.
The Commissioner for Special Duties, Alhaja Fausat Sanni, gave this assurance today at the Stakeholders’ Consultative Engagement Meeting on the Year 2023 Budget, held at Oke-Ogun zone, Itesiwaju LG., Out, Oyo State.
She explained that Governor Seyi Makinde’s led administration has recorded different achievements in the area of security, education, health, and expansion of the economy through Agric-business, adding that the government would continue to prioritise the welfare of the people of the state.
According to her, in the area of security, the government has provided operational vehicles fully equipped with communication gadgets to security agencies in the state; in Education, the administration has renovated and completed 56 model schools with state of the heart facilities; the administration has taken ownership of LAUTECH with its Faculty of Agriculture in Oke-Ogun, in Iseyin to be precise.
She stated that on health, Governor Seyi Makinde wants at least one Primary Health Care Centre in each Ward, and this is almost a reality.
She noted that the government has completed some notable road projects like the Moniya-Iseyin Road, Iseyin-Ogbomoso road project, and a host of other people-oriented projects, saying the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) will also commence shortly after the rainfall.
She, therefore, charged the residents to give their maximum cooperation and support to governor Makinde’s led administration to consolidate the records of achievements in all the zones of the state.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musibau Babatunde said that nothing could be done outside the state’s budget, hence, there is a need for the engagement of different Stakeholders in the budget preparation to incorporate them into the budget.
He assured the people of the Oke Ogun zone that their requests would be adequately represented in the year 2023 budget.
Similarly, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning Tpl Ademola Ajibola noted there is a need for stakeholder engagement to give room for a holistic approach to budget preparation in the state.
In his remarks, the Oniru of Otu, His Royal Majesty, Oba Sunday Adepoju, appreciated the government for making the budget, a bottom-top approach to the budgeting system in the state.
He appealed to the government to review the chieftaincy law and remuneration of the Chiefs in the state, saying the royal fathers need vehicles to ease their movement.
He charged the residents to vote for Makinde in the 2023 governorship election.
