Governor Seyi Makinde has been commended by the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State on the recent assessment of thedevelopment of education in the state by the United Nations.
The rating by the UN listed Oyo State among the top three states in the country with improved and quality standard of education.
A statement made available to journalists, on Tuesday by Akeem Olatunji, the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, described Governor Makinde as ‘Mr talk and do.’
The statement read that should the PDP have gone ahead of UN to make such rating the opposition parties would have downplayed the veracity of the fact.
It described Makinde’s commitment to free and qualitative education as çommendable and worthy of emulation by serious minded governments across the nation.
It read in parts, “Another proof of delivery of dividends of democracy through improved quality of education in Oyo State was made evident to the world when three of the 11 best results in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in Nigeria are from Oyo State.
“Ordinarily, we would have decided to be silent about it, but events over the years, especially in this part of the world, have shown that if you do not blow your own trumpets people would not fully appreciate what you have done and are still doing.
“The commitment of Governor Seyi Makinde towards free and qualitative education in Oyo State is unrivalled and this is even more evident in the emerging facts and results.
“We, as a political party, understand the meaning of such high rating by the global body and it is the best way to commemorate year 2020 International Democracy Day. It means efforts of the PDP government in Oyo State is yielding desired results and it’s been recognised even at the international level.
“A Yoruba proverb says ‘if you want to plant yam at a spot and you discovered yam was already germinating there, next thing to do is tend it for good harvest.
What this simply means is that Oyo State has long been in search of a Seyi Makinde to genuinely fix our dear state regardless of political parties.
“Now that God has blessed us with Seyi Makinde, we implore everyone to rally round the governor for greater success in the interest of the state. United Nations has rated us among top three states in Nigeria with quality education from the 27th position we previously occupied under the last administration.
“It is our firm belief that nobody in any clime works against a performing leader except agents of anti progress and anti people.
We urge all true sons and daughters of Oyo State home and abroad to continue to give this administration needed support.”
