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FIGURE 1: PROJECT DELIVERY COST
PERFORMANCE JUNE 2011 – MAY 2019
Infrastructure Project Delivery performance within Public
Service had historically been marred by; escalating costs,
delayed funding, cash ow constraints, high interest rates,
deterioration of professionalism & discipline quality. By inception
of the administration in 2019, it became abundantly clear and
certain that there is no longer room for Public Service
business-as-usual in Oyo State.
The rst months of exceptional visionary leadership of His
Excellency, Engr (Dr). Seyi Makinde, FNSE as governor of Oyo
the Pacesetter State, has been characterized by the following:
Exemplary performance along the Roadmap to
Accelerated Development of Oyo state (2019 -2023) to
address the glaring infrastructure & development decit
state wide, His Excellency hit the ground running with the
mission to transform Oyo State from a sleepy ineffective
state to a prosperous and economically vibrant state
through deliberate and articulate focus on key areas of
the roadmap such as; Education, Health & Welfare,
Agriculture & Food Security and Security, which in turn
spurs on Youth Empowerment & Ease of Doing Business
benefits , all underpinned by deliberate
Infrastructure Development to drive the Economic
Expansion vision and subsequently Domestic Resource
Growth for economic vibrancy across the entire state.
Success growing - Internally Generated Revenue (IGR),
wiho ireasi aes, improved access to
developmental funds through International
Partnership and Grants, and by implementing
breakthrough ideas addressing historic perennial project
delivery challenges with improved sources of project
funding like APFA – Alternative Project Funding
Approach and changes in contractor mobilization
to hedge noitaniand cost escalation pressures,
allowing the Government to Do More with Less and
within a good time to make meaningful improvements
to the livelihood of the citizens and dwellers of the
state.
Success inculcating infrastructure maintenance into the
project delivery contracts, with extended warranty such as
the 65 km Moniya - Iseyin Road delivered in 2021 with
twenty (20)-year maintenance included as model for
other roes.