Oyo’ll continue to collaborate with investors for development

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that the state is moving forward under his watch. 

According to Makinde, his government remains open to collaborating with private individuals and businesses to further develop the state.

He spoke on Tuesday in Oyo town, during the commissioning of the Dynasty FM.

He said the government engineered a modern Oyo State and attracted accelerated development in major corridors of the state.

He stated that through the upgrade of the moribund Fasola Farm to an agribusiness industrial estate and the construction of the Oyo-Iseyin Road, which made the journey from Fasola to Oyo not more than 10 minutes, his government ensured that Oyo zone is not behind in the area of development.

He lauded Biodun Ajisafe, the founder of the first private radio station in Oyo town, saying that his government was challenged to bring the Atiba FM back to life.

Lamenting how a contractor mismanaged the project, Makinde promised that his administration would revisit the project without further delay.

He said, “When Baba, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu was speaking, he said that an Oyo indigene has beaten the government to setting up a radio station. Well, in the same Oyo, some people beat the government by establishing Atiba University but when the government was ready, we did the Emmanuel Alayande University of Education.

“Now that Dynasty FM has begun, we will follow the lead and do Atiba FM. Baba has challenged me; we will ensure that we bring Atiba FM back to life and I will take a personal interest in the project and ensure it is done in record time.

“What all this tells us is that we are making progress in Oyo State. Only yesterday, Oyo zone hosted my birthday at the Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub, and I can tell you that the Fasola air is good and that Oyo has become another home for me.

“With the various projects embarked upon by our government, the boundary of Oyo is being extended. From Fasola, it took us 10 minutes to get into Oyo. With a world class hotel just down the road here, this radio station that can propagate our culture and Fasola, an agribusiness estate, you can see that Oyo State is moving forward and Oyo town is also moving forward.

“I was just informed that when I got into government in 2019, there were only 20 radio stations but four and a half years later, I learnt that Oyo State now has 51 radio stations, if you add the radio station we are commissioning today. This tells you about how far we have come as a state.”

He congratulated the Ajisafes, noting that his father, the late Alhaji Moshood Ajisafe, left a worthy legacy of training his children, hence the need to do good.

He expressed his administration’s readiness to collaborate with the new radio station to propagate culture and inform the people.

 

“You can see BCOS chairman here. What it means is that our government is ready to collaborate with Dynasty FM to propagate our culture. We can compete but then, there is always room for collaboration.”

Earlier, Ajisafe described Dynasty FM as a victory for Oyo people, saying that he has fulfilled the dreams of his late father for Oyo town in particular and the state at large.

In attendance at the event were the Chief of Staff to the governor, Segun Ogunwuyi; Commissioners and other top government functionaries.