The Oyo State Government has said that it employed 6,134 people into the state workforce in the last budgetary year.
The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, made this known during the community and stakeholders’ town hall meeting held at Saki earlier today.
Makinde said the Oyo state workforce has 5000 new teachers, 600 education officers and 534 medical and healthcare workers to increase efficiency in government service delivery.
The Governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, said the recruitment was based on the drive to gainfully engage and employ the youth population while reducing the unemployment numbers.
He said, as at the half of the year budget evaluation, the budget performance stands at 60 percent, while the target stands at enhancing it up to 75 percent before the year ends based on improved revenue performance.
The state’s helmsman asserted that the scarcity of resources would make the government prioritize based on the most pressing needs, while considering other requests in the next year’s budget.
He highlighted that his administration has started various projects in the Oke Ogun zone and are at various completion stages, including the reconstruction and remodelling of OYSADA, reconstruction of Saki township road, reconstruction of Saki-Ogboro-Igboho road to mention but a few.
He, therefore, urged the people to let their voices be heard as the government is set to relieve them at their pain points by heeding to their requests.
