Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo
State has shunned the coronavirus pandemic protocols by attending an event few
hours after he returned from an international trip.
Makinde who travelled to the USA
on December 30 2020 to meet his wife, returned to Nigeria around 3pm on
Tuesday.
The Governor, however, on
Wednesday attended a gathering, christensen “annual inter-faith service” to
mark the beginning of 2021.
The gathering had in attendance;
Makinde’s Deputy, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, government officials, civil servants
among others.
It was gathered that the event
was held Wednesday morning, about seventeen hours after Makinde returned from
the foreign trip.
Our correspondent learnt that the
presence of Makinde at the event was contrary to COVID-19 protocols which
states that anyone from a foreign trip must be quarantine for fourteen days.
The governor did not state the
reasons he shunned the pandemic protocols as stressed by the COVID-19 Task
Force established by the federal government of Nigeria.
But while addressing the
gathering, he promised bumper deliverables for workers and people of the state
in the 2021 fiscal year, despite the challenges posed by coronavirus pandemic.
The governor equally declared
that his administration was on top of the insecurity challenges in the state.
“First, let me thank God for the
gift of life and His protection over us all in the past year. 2020 has been
described in many quarters as a tough year. We did not survive last year
because we are tougher, we survived only by His grace and that is why it is
good that we are holding this inter-faith service in gratitude.
“We are starting this year in
good spirits. We are confident that this year, the seeds we planted in the previous
year will yield good fruits. Last year, I didn’t know where the International
Airport was from February till December. We all stayed together to experience
the pandemic.
“On the 30th, I decided to spend
the New Year in the United States of America and before I came back, critics
were saying I went to America to enjoy myself while Oyo State was burning. My
belief is, they were criticising me because they had no other thing to say.
Well, I am back and we will continue to serve the people of Oyo State.
“So, we are looking forward to
commissioning various projects that we started last year. For example, the 65km
Moniya-Ijaiye-Iseyin road will be commissioned this year. Also lined up for
commissioning this year are: the 21km Airport- Ajia-New Ife Express road with a
spur to Amuloko; the 12km Apete-Awotan-Akufo road, which will be the first
concrete road belonging to the state government.”
He reeled out other projects
scheduled to be commissioned this year.
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