FACTS, NOT NOISE: A Point-by-Point Rebuttal to Dr. Oluyede’s Claims on Ekiti
FACTS, NOT NOISE: A Point-by-Point Rebuttal to Dr. Oluyede’s Claims on Ekiti
1) Claim: “Governor Biodun Oyebanji hasn’t done anything—no roads, despite allocations.”
Reality: The record is public and verifiable.
Major connectors underway/near completion
• Ekiti Ring Road (Phase I) – 17 km (decongests Ado-Ekiti and provides alternative routing).
• Ajilosun–Okeyinmi Flyover – 1 km (first of its kind in Ado-Ekiti; urban mobility upgrade).
• Ikole–Ara–Isinbode – 19.56 km; Itapa–Ijelu–Omu – 9.8 km; Ikere–Ilawe – 21.5 km; Ado–Iworoko–Ifaki – 19.8 km; Ikere–Igbara-Odo – 19.2 km; Ikere–Ise–Emure – 32 km (state-wide arterial rehab and reconstruction).
Urban/township roads delivered
• Ado-Ekiti: Hospitals Mgmt Board–Doctors’ Quarters Road; Obisesan/Oke-Ala Road; Jimoh Aliu–Adewunmi Street—all completed and commissioned (Aug 18, 2024).
Project pipeline & funding decisions
• State approved ₦24.28bn for additional road projects (Nov 12, 2024).
• Contractors pressed to deliver on deadlines with monthly reviews (Feb 5, 2025).
• Quality policy shift: Ekiti banned laterite and mandated stone-base for stronger roads (Sept 8, 2024).
• Expenditure disclosure: Gov. Oyebanji stated ₦130bn spent on roads in one year (Aug 5, 2025).
Bottom line: Saying “nothing has been done” ignores documented contracts, completions, and field inspections. The work exists—and people are driving on it.
2) Beyond Roads: Other verifiable gains you ignored
Education: 2,000+ teachers recruited in two years; ₦14bn invested across 203 public secondary schools via AGILE.
Project inspection & delivery spread across the three senatorial districts: from GRA 3rd Extension Road (Ado-Ekiti) to Model Smart School, Ijan-Ekiti, plus multiple inter-LG roads under active construction.
3) Direct questions for Dr. Wole Oluyede
If you insist BAO has “done nothing,” then please answer truthfully:
1. Which specific Ekiti roads have you initiated, funded, or facilitated since you began attacking the state’s road record?
2. How many Ekiti youths or professionals can you name publiclywhose careers you have sponsored (scholarships, residencies, placements, seed-funds) in the last five years?
3. What community assets (clinics, ambulance donations, equipment, endowments) have you delivered in Ekiti, with addresses and dates for verification?
4. When you contest and depart, what structures are left behindpolicy papers, funded programs, or maintained facilitiesthat outlast your campaign season?
5. If you still insist the government has “done nothing,” do you also deny:
the commissioned township roads in Ado-Ekiti (Aug 2024)?
the ongoing Ring Road, Flyover, and inter-LG corridors with published lengths?
the budgetary approvals, laterite ban, contractor deadlines, and ₦130bn disclosure covered nationally?
If your answers are none/zero, then Ekiti people know who is talking without evidence.
4) Closing
Dr. Oluyede, Ekiti people deserve a contest of facts, not blanket statements. If you believe the work is inadequate, challenge the specifics but you cannot erase commissioned roads, ongoing projects, policy reforms, and budgetary transparency that are on record.
Let’s elevate the conversation bring data, or withdraw the exaggerations.
Author:
ISA POL CONSULTANCY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION FIRM
