In pursuit of its objective to keep Oyo State safe and secure, the Oyo State Executive Council has approved the purchase of 100 double-cabin pick-up trucks, comprising 80 Mitsubishi L200 and 20 Toyota Hilux, at a cost of ₦5. 77 billion.
Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information, who disclosed this after the Executive Council meeting in Ibadan, the state capital, also said Government had approved the release of ₦900 million as counterpart funding for the construction of 68 km of roads across the State.
The counterpart funding will ensure that the state government accesses ₦16,27 billion from two international financial bodies: the International Development Association (IDA) and the Lagence Francaise Development Agency (AFD).
While saying that the Executive Council’s approval of the counterpart funding, many critical road maintenance works would commence, saying the roads would include the rehabilitation of the 8.43km Fashola Farm Settlement, the 37km Alako/Idi-Iya/Batake/Olowa Farm Settlement and Ijaye roads while the 22km Oloko/Oyo Junction and Ikere roads would also be affected, among others.
Oyelade stated said approval was also given to improve Light-Up Oyo State infrastructure, which had been extended beyond Ibadan metropolis, at a total cost of ₦2,60 billion as operational and maintenance expenditure for the year 2026.
The commissioner also revealed upward review of contract sum for the Oyo State Business Process Automation (BPA) project, stressing that the project, which was the vision of Governor Seyi Makinde since 2022, is focused on modernizing the civil service through technology.
According to him, the project initially awarded for ₦400,000,000 (Four Hundred Million Naira), will now be awarded for ₦578,035,714 (Five Hundred and Seventy-Eight Million, Thirty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fourteen Naira) in the light of contemporary economic reality.
“Some of the benefits of the Business Process Automation (BPA) project are to streamline civil service operations, strengthen record management and accountability across MDAs, enhance the speed and quality of government services to the public, and train technical staff to ensure long-term maintenance of the software solution.
