Gov Makinde denies receiving ₦50 billion from Tinubu for Ibadan airport
The Oyo governor said the airport expansion was being funded entirely by the state government, while also pledging to transmit power to the vice president whenever he is unavailable if elected president in 2027. The post Gov Makinde denies receiving ₦50 billion from Tinubu for Ibadan airport appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .
Seyi Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and governor of Oyo State, has refuted Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike's claim that President Bola Tinubu provided Oyo State with N50 billion for the expansion of the Ladoke Akintola International Airport in Ibadan. Makinde addressed supporters at a town hall meeting in Katsina, stating that the Oyo State government did not receive the N50 billion and that the airport expansion was entirely funded by the state. Wike made the claim during an appearance on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout programme on Monday.
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