The attention of the Makinde National Reset Advocates (MINARA) has been drawn to the laughable, empty and statistically bankrupt statement credited to the Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO), accusing Governor Seyi Makinde of cluelessness.
In a statement issued by its National Director, Bashorun Abiola, MINARA described the attack as hollow, ignorant and driven by propaganda.
According to MINARA: “We would have ignored SSACO, but lies repeated without reply become truth to the ignorant. Let us use statistics, not sentiments, to bury their propaganda.”
The group said SSACO’s celebration of N145 billion allocation in 2024 and N214 billion in 2025 as achievement shows a lack of understanding of governance.
“SSACO is celebrating N145 billion in 2024 and N214 billion in 2025 as if allocation alone equals development. That is the thinking of a sharing-the-money politician, not a nation-builder,” MINARA stated.
“Governor Makinde said it clearly on national television: What matters is not how much you receive, but how productive your economy is. Every state received increased allocation after subsidy removal, including APC states. What did they do with it? Many APC states cannot pay salaries, cannot show one completed legacy project, and are still borrowing to pay recurrent bills.”
MINARA noted that when Governor Makinde assumed office in 2019, Oyo State’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) stood at N26.95 billion, but has now grown to N103.25 billion as of 2026, representing a 288 percent increase.
“That was achieved without increasing taxes, but by expanding the economy through agribusiness, infrastructure and tourism. Which APC state can boast of this?” the group queried.
The group further cited independent federal data to counter SSACO’s claims:
“The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), a Federal Government agency under President Bola Tinubu himself, ranked Oyo State 3rd among all 36 states and the FCT in the 2025 Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report. If Makinde is clueless, why is a Tinubu Federal Agency ranking Oyo as 3rd best in Nigeria, ahead of most APC-governed states?”
“Between January and June 2026 alone, Oyo generated N253.67 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT), ranking 3rd nationwide behind only Lagos and Rivers. Oyo beat Ogun State, an APC state with more factories and closer to Lagos. VAT is not allocation. VAT is proof that people are buying, selling, producing and consuming. That is a productive economy.”
MINARA also highlighted the structure of the 2027 Budget of Sustained Progress, where Governor Makinde proposed N1.12 trillion, with N670 billion, representing 61 percent, earmarked for capital expenditure and only N444 billion for recurrent.
“That is a productive budget. Most APC states spend 70 percent on recurrent, paying salaries and sharing money. Makinde spends on infrastructure, education with N190.6 billion, and health with N93.01 billion,” it stated.
The group added that the administration has returned over 65,000 out-of-school children to the classroom, describing it as investment in a productive economy.
“A child in school today is a worker, entrepreneur and taxpayer tomorrow. SSACO’s Oyo AHEAD agenda cannot point to one child it has returned to school even when its principal is still serving as Senator,” MINARA said.
On the N8.5 billion electricity project described as failed by SSACO, MINARA said the claim is false.
“That is a lie. While APC states like Ekiti and Abia are just talking about the Electricity Act 2023, Oyo under Makinde has already taken advantage of it, set up its own electricity market, and is building Independent Power Projects to power the Secretariat, hospitals and industrial clusters. What did the APC government in Oyo do for 8 years before Makinde? They left Oyo in darkness. Makinde is the first governor to dare to fix power at subnational level,” the group said.
MINARA further disclosed that Makinde injects over N20 billion monthly as salaries to over 130,000 workers, amounting to about N240 billion yearly, in addition to the newly approved wage award of over N1 billion monthly.
“From May 2019 to May 2024, hospitality businesses in Oyo grew by 221 percent, from 1,424 to 5,342. That is wealth creation. That is productive economy. Hotels don’t grow in a dead economy,” it added.
The group advised SSACO to stop misleading the public with allocation figures.
“Allocation is not achievement. Productivity is achievement. By every independent statistic — IGR, VAT, Ease of Doing Business, Capital Budget, Education — Oyo under Makinde is better managed than many APC-governed states.”
“Senator Alli’s promise of N150 billion IGR and N10 billion youth fund is just a paper promise. Makinde has already done N103.25 billion with evidence. Alli has not shown one economic model, one factory, one job he has created.”
“Oyo people do not need a governor who will align with Abuja to share money. They need a leader who can reset Nigeria the way he reset Oyo. That leader is Seyi Makinde. Oyo is working. Nigeria can work. Makinde is the Reset,” MINARA concluded.
