Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has said he can reset Nigeria within four years if elected president in 2027.
Makinde made the declaration on Monday, September 28, at the APM North-Central Town Hall Meeting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, according to Vanguard.
The governor said his proposed administration would overhaul the country’s security architecture, reform the education sector and rebuild the economy through greater reliance on data, science and logic.
He said the proposed changes would also cover Nigeria’s socio-political system, which he argued could be transformed within a single four-year term.
Earlier, in a post on X, Makinde wrote, “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.”
Expanding on his plans at the town hall, Makinde said, “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 utilising data, science and logic, and our socio-political environment in four years.
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“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 said.
Makinde also faulted the Federal Government’s handling of insecurity, particularly across the North-Central region.
He questioned the funding arrangements for newly established army divisions, saying he could not find specific provisions for them 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 said.
According to Makinde, addressing insecurity requires proper planning alongside adequate funding.
He also questioned whether increased federal allocations to state governments had resulted in better 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.
On Oyo State’s finances, Makinde said the state had reduced its reliance on federal allocations after he became governor in 2019, but later saw its dependence rise again.
“When I came in as Oyo state governor in 2019, the state’s dependence on federal allocation was 80+ per cent; we worked really hard to bring it down to about 65 per cent in 2022, then came the statement ‘subsidy is gone’… the resultant is that today, Oyo state is back to almost 80 per cent dependent on federal allocation.
“That is their voodoo economics,” he said.