Oyo State government has attributed its record of N103 billion internally generated revenue (IGR) in 2025 to the deliberate use of science, data and technology, surpassing the total IGR of the previous two administrations.

 

Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, made this known while addressing journalists at a 2-day Artificial Intelligence training organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) held at the American Open University, Global Campus, Ibadan.

 

Oyelade explained that the governor Seyi Makinde-led administration had achieved historic revenue milestone without increasing taxes, but through strategic digitization reforms, citing the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development as an example of MDAs which has blocked financial leakages, reduced fraud and expanded the state’s economic base. Read more