His Excellency Seyi Makinde, FNSE, D.Sc., GSSRS, graduated as an Electrical Engineer from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, in 1990. He was further trained in Industrial Control Services in Houston, Texas, in 1998. Between 1999 and 2005, he attended the Lagos Business School (now Pan African University), Jiskoot Auto Control Training Centre, Kent, England, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His education and training prepared him to succeed as a businessman and Group Managing Director of Makon Group Nigeria Limited, which he founded. It also prepared him for the vagaries of political life.
As a philanthropist, he touched the lives of thousands in Oyo State through scholarships and other community development projects. He sojourned into politics in his quest to touch even more lives and help Oyo State’s private sector create more job opportunities.
He was elected Governor of Oyo State on March 10, 2019, for a first term of four years (2019-2023) and a second term (2023-2027) on March 19, 2023. Since then, Makinde has continued to fervently pursue policies that will turn around the economic fortunes of the people of Oyo State and reinstate it to its position as the Pacesetter State.
His Oyo State Roadmap for Accelerated Development (2019 -2023) and Oyo State Roadmap for Sustainable Development (2023-2027) rest on four pillars: Education, Healthcare, Security and the use of Agribusiness, Tourism, Solid Minerals Development and Infrastructure to drive the Economy. He is determined to run an inclusive government and maintain an effective feedback system, so he remains apprised of all governance challenges facing the people of Oyo State.
Seyi Makinde remains committed to using his office as Governor of Oyo State to bring about development that will outlast his tenure and be a benchmark for good governance in Oyo State and Nigeria.