Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has called on the Federal Government to desist from claiming the 110km Ibadan Circular Road project as one of its achievements, stating that it is 100% funded and executed by the state.
The governor made this disclaimer on his official campaign X on Friday, after a Federal Government advertorial published by Punch newspaper listed the Ibadan Circular Road among federal achievements but labeled it “state-led”.
“The 110 km Circular Road project is being constructed by the H.E. Seyi Makinde-led Oyo State Government. The Federal Government needs to stop claiming the project as one of its own achievements. The project is not “state-led” as stated in today’s Punch Newspaper; it is 100% being executed by the OYSG,” the statement partly reads.
He also likened the development in that advertorial to a recent alleged claim by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike that the Federal Government provided N50 billion for the ongoing upgrade of the Ibadan Airport project.
“This penchant for stealing OYSG projects needs to stop! The other day, Minister Nyesom Wike LIED that the FG gave Oyo State N50B for the Ibadan Airport upgrade project,” the governor’s X post added.
The governor, who is the Presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) for the forthcoming general elections, also alleged that federal officials, including a member of the House of Representatives, Akin Alabi, had been making attempts to claim credit for the airport project.
“The Ibadan Airport upgrade is another project being executed 100% by the OYSG, which the FG, through its agents, including HoR member Akin Alabi, has been trying to claim credit for,” the X post added.
