High optimism as Makinde begins Saki-Iseyin road construction

The ongoing construction of the Federal Government-owned 83.83-kilometre Saki-Iseyin Road in Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, will no doubt bring great relief to millions of commuters travelling along the axis by the time it is completed in the next three months. SEYE OLUMIDE examines how citizens of Oyo are already reacting to the development.

The development has endeared the present administration to the heart of the people, one of the major factors that moved the electorate in Oyo to re-elect Governor Makinde massively during the 2023 gubernatorial poll in which the incumbent trashed his major opponent and rival, Senator Teslim Folarin of the APC in 31 local governments out of the existing 33..