YORUBA NEWS
HAUSA NEWS
IGBO NEWS

POPULAR THIS WEEK

FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS
SEND US NEWS
Thursday, May 15, 2025
  • REPORT A STORY
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • CONTACT
WITHIN NIGERIA
  • Home
  • Features
  • News Picks
  • Entertainment
  • MORE
    • Gist
    • Articles
    • Videos
No Result
View All Result
WITHIN NIGERIA
  • Home
  • Features
  • News Picks
  • Entertainment
  • MORE
    • Gist
    • Articles
    • Videos
No Result
View All Result
WITHIN NIGERIA
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • News Picks
  • Entertainment
  • MORE
[adinserter block="17"]

Makinde to Nigerians: Be thankful for surviving 2020

by
December 31, 2020
in National
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
0

Nigerians have been urged to be thankful to God for surviving 2020.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State stated that though many Nigerians would describe the year as a tough one, God saw them through the various challenges that characterized the year.

The governor maintained that despite various events that set the state back economically, the state government was still able to record a huge reduction in infrastructure deficit.

Makinde said this in a 2021 New Year Address made available by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, titled, ‘Let’s be thankful to God we survived 2020 – Makinde’, on Thursday.

READ ALSO

OSINACHI: Refusal of governors to sign death sentence makes justice blurry in Nigeria

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Story Of How Banks, ATM Charges Worsen Nigerians’ Economic Woes

TRIBUTE: Doyin Okupe: Son Of Banker Who Laced Medical Profession, Journalism, Politics With Great Efficiency

DSS Lagos Assembly Invasion, Osun State Violence, IBB’s Autobiography: Events That Shaped February

Ganduje’s Controversial Appointment as FAAN Board Chair: What Does the Law Say?

He noted that though 2020 was characterised by drop in oil prices, which led to a huge drop in revenue from federal allocations and the attendant economic meltdown, the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests, among other challenges, residents of the state could still count their blessings.

He said, “Many would describe 2020 as a tough year. At the beginning of the year, the drop in oil prices led to a huge drop in revenue from federal allocations and attendant economic meltdown. In March 2020, many states in Nigeria had cases of COVID-19.

“This necessitated an interstate lockdown by the Federal Government. Although we did not effect a total lockdown in Oyo State, we were not spared the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A few months later, we faced mass protests by the youths and others who were angry about police brutality. Events after the protests also set us back economically.

“However, our 2020 is not defined by these events. Let me recount some of the blessings that 2020 brought us as a people.

“We continued working with our administration’s blueprint, the Roadmap to Accelerated Development in Oyo State, 2019-2023. And I am happy to report that we have continued to reduce our infrastructural deficit, slowly but surely.

“As at September 2020, we had recorded an Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of 25.6 billion Naira. And using the half-year figures, that represented a 26.4 per cent increase in IGR year on year.”

RELATED STORYPosts

Late gospel singer Osinachi and husband Mr Nwachukwu
National

OSINACHI: Refusal of governors to sign death sentence makes justice blurry in Nigeria

by uncledee
April 29, 2025
National

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Story Of How Banks, ATM Charges Worsen Nigerians’ Economic Woes

by Nnadi Christopher Ikechukwu
March 19, 2025

Discussion about this post

POPULAR THIS WEEK

No Content Available
No Content Available
WITHIN NIGERIA

WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD.

NEWS, MULTI MEDIA

WITHIN NIGERIA is an online news media that focuses on authoritative reports, investigations and major headlines that springs from National issues, Politics, Metro, Entertainment; and Articles.

Follow us on social media:

CORPORATE LINKS

  • About
  • Contacts
  • Report a story
  • Advertisement
  • Content Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
 
  • Fact-Checking Policy
  • Ethics Policy
  • Corrections Policy
  • WHO IS WITHIN NIGERIA?
  • CONTACT US
  • PRIVACY
  • TERMS

© 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • News Picks
  • Entertainment
  • MORE
    • Gist
    • Articles
    • Videos

© 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName