Makinde: Nigeria Can Change in Four Years if I Become President

Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, Seyi Makinde, believes Nigeria can change in four years if he is elected president in 2027.

In a recent post on X, he said, “We are presently in Lafia for the APM North Central Town Hall Meeting today.”
“Last night, we held a closed-door meeting with APM candidates in the North Central Zone. We will work together to reset Nigeria so that it works for all Nigerians.”

Makinde spoke on Monday at the APM North-Central Town Hall Meeting in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, according to Vanguard.
He mentioned that his planned government would bring in a new security setup, create a new direction for education, and rebuild the economy using data, science, and logic.

He added that this reset would also affect Nigeria’s social and political landscape.
“The reset agenda can be concluded in four years. We had someone who was head of state in this country for 10 months, and he was able to end military rule and usher in the democracy we now enjoy in Nigeria.

“We can reset and give Nigeria a new security architecture, a new path for education, our economy utilizing data, science and logic, and our socio-political environment in four years.

“So, as your president from May 29, 2027, we will run a transitional government of national unity that will culminate in new players and an agenda for Nigeria’s sustainable development,” he stated.

Makinde also criticized the Federal Government’s methods for handling insecurity, especially in the North-Central area.
He questioned the planning behind adding more army divisions, stating he did not see funding for this in the 2026 budget.

“Midway into 2026, insecurity is a big issue, especially in the North-Central zone. They set up army divisions, and I was looking at the 2026 budget. For the item relating to the setting up of those army divisions, I did not see it.

“If they have it in the budget they prepared for 2026, they should bring it up,” he remarked.

Makinde explained that to fight insecurity, there must be proper planning and enough budget allocations.
He also questioned whether the increase in funds to state governments had improved living conditions for Nigerians.

“Yes, they claim the state government has more money from the federation account. I’m not arguing that we have more money, but has it translated to fighting hunger in our society? The answer is no,” he said.

While discussing Oyo State’s finances, Makinde said the state had lowered its reliance on federal allocation since he took office in 2019 but has recently returned to a higher dependency level.

“When I came in as Oyo State governor in 2019, the state’s dependence on federal allocation was over 80 percent; we worked hard to bring it down to about 65 percent in 2022. Then came the statement ‘subsidy is gone’… the result is that today, Oyo State is back to almost 80 percent dependent on federal allocation.

“That is their voodoo economics,” he concluded.