The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, Taiwo Adisa Wednesday hinted that the governor is to review downwards the state’s 2019 budget proposal presented by the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
Mr Adisa dropped this hint in Ibadan while featuring on Inspiration FM 100.5, Ibadan live programme, “Office of the Citizen” monitored by our correspondent.
The CPS emphasized that the downward review might not be unconnected with the fact that the N280billion Oyo 2019 budget is not realistic with the situation on ground in the state presently.
According to the CPS, the Governor Seyi Makinde is presently preparing a new supplementary budget that will be realistic, saying, Oyo state under Governor Makinde needs a realistic budget .
Mr Adisa said some loopholes were discovered in the 2019 Oyo state budget prepared and presented before the Oyo state House of Assembly in December by Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the governor then.
The CPS stressed that Governor Makinde will always want things to be realistic and not just paper considering his vision and passion for Oyo state and its people , saying “Governor Makinde is real, truth to himself ” and not dramatizing and doing a show.”
Emphasizing that Governor Makinde has nothing to hide, the CPS added that for now, the Governor Makinde administration is working on the realistic aspect of the existing Oyo state 2019 budget.
Mr Adisa pointed out that come 2020, the Governor Makinde led administration will come up with a realistic budget for Oyo state to move the state forward.
