The Governor of Oyo State Governor, Seyi
Makinde has revealed that he sold bread for the first 13 years of his
life by the gate of Adeoyo state hospital in Ibadan before becoming the
Governor of Oyo State.
He made the revelation at the 80th thanksgiving service of his
mother Mrs Abigael Makinde at St Paul Anglican Church in Yemetu on
Sunday November 10, stressing that he only became successful by getting
educated.
According to him, his declaration of free education in the state
was aimed at ensuring residents of the state get the benefit of being
educated.
“For the first 13 years of my life, where we lived was not more
than five minutes to where we are now. My mum was a Telephone Operator
in the state secretariat. At Adeoyo State Hospital here, I and my
brother Muyiwa also used to help her sell bread by the gate of Adeoyo
State Hospital.
“What can propel a child who used to live some five minutes
away from here [Yemetu] to become a Governor of Oyo state is education.
And that is why we have declared that free and qualitative education has
come to stay in Oyo state,” Makinde said.
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