Oyo State Governor , Seyi Makinde has inaugurated a 27-man steering committee to formulate a 20-year development plan for the state.
Inaugurating the Committee on friday, the Governor said the development plan is a strategic document that will provide policy direction for the State Government.
He added that the Oyo State Development Plan 2021-2040 is a long-term plan that looks beyond his administration adding that a medium-term Sectorial Strategic Plan 2021-2025 have been incorporated into it.
He said ” we inaugurated the Steering Committee for the Oyo State Development Plan 2021-2040, made up of 27 seasoned professionals and myself. Since we assumed office last year, we have been working with our campaign manifesto, the Road Map to Accelerated Development 2019-2023.”
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According to him the plan rests on four pillars namely : Economic Development Pillar, Human Capital and Social Development Pillar, Infrastructure Development Pillar and Physical Planning and Sustainable Environment Pillar.
Governor Makinde said the steering committee will also have the Central Working Committee and 28 Technical Working groups with over 300 seasoned professionals and bureaucrats (state and non-state actors).
He added that 30 technical resource persons with 25 Professors and 5 Associate Professors will serve as experts to the technical working groups with 7 independent reviewers.
