Seyi Makinde Breaks Livestock Villages Promise

Governor Seyi Makinde’s first-term promise (May 2019–May 2023) to establish “livestock villages” in Oyo State should be assessed primarily against delivery within the four-year window—and on that test, the commitment was not met. 

The manifesto listed “Establishment of livestock villages e.g. poultry, pig and fish villages in agricultural zones of the state” as a deliverable for the 2019–2023 period, but there is no clear public record within that timeline showing the livestock villages were completed and operational across the state’s agricultural zones by May 2023.​

What is verifiable within the first term is that the administration pursued livestock infrastructure under the Fasola Agribusiness/Agro-Industrial Hub track, including reported construction of a 10,000-capacity fish pond, a 2,000-capacity poultry pen, and goat/sheep pens (100 capacity each) as part of its agribusiness build-out. 

That may indicate partial movement toward the broader livestock-production goal, but it does not change the core accountability finding: the deadline lapsed without evidence that the promised livestock villages were delivered by May 2023, so the promise should be logged as broken.