Seyi Makinde

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is set to present the state’s 2025 Appropriation Bill to the House of Assembly on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the budget presentation by Governor Makinde before the Oyo State lawmakers will take place at the House of Assembly Complex, Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan.

The budget presentation by the governor is a sequel to Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum Meetings that have occurred across the five zones of the state.

At the meetings over the 2025 budgets, there were inputs from several residents of the state.

Speaking on the implementation of the 2024 budget, Makinde said that its performance had hit 64 per cent by November.

A driver attached to one of the vehicles in the convoy of Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde died in a crash on Tuesday.

Three others in the convoy were also injured when the Governor was returning to Ibadan from Saki where he had gone to attend a town hall meeting with members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of his reelection bid.

It was gathered that the driver identified as Ramon Mustapha died on the spot after he was flung when his vehicle eventually landed after tumbling several time.

A source said the situation could have been saved had the driver used his seat belt.

Another source, who was part of the convoy but asked not to be named, said the late driver smashed his head in the unfortunate accident.

It was learnt the crashed vehicle with the code name “Zebra 4” somersaulted throwing off some bags of rice bought by some individuals on the trip.

The remains of the driver were later buried at his Amuloko, Ibadan residence on Wednesday according to Islamic rites.