The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has declared his intention to run for a second term as the Governor of the state.
The news was made known on the official Twitter handle of the Governor, Seyi Makinde on Thursday night.
The tweet read, “In my newsletter today, I announced that I have picked up the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for a second term as the elected governor of the good people of Oyo State. If the good people of Oyo State desire it, we will serve for four more years.”
In the newsletter partly read, Seyi Makinde said, “In the last three years, Oyo State has seen unprecedented development in all sectors with no zone left behind.
“We have worked hard in all the four pillars upon which our Roadmap to Accelerated Development in Oyo State 2019-2023 is built. We are engineering a modern Oyo State.
“But as every engineer would tell you, our work is not done until all problems are addressed. We believe we have laid a solid foundation for solving the problem of moving the good people of Oyo State from poverty to prosperity.”
Mr Seyi Makinde, PDP, was elected as the Governor of Oyo State at the 2019 Gubernatorial elections after defeating Adebayo Adelabu of the APC and was sworn in as the 28th executive Governor of Oyo State.
