Airport project: We didn’t get N50bn from Tinubu, Makinde replies Wike

Daily Trust | 23-09-2026 12:57am |

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has denied claims by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu supported Oyo State with N50 billion for the upgrade of Ladoke Akintola International Airport, Ibadan. Makinde, who also serves as the Presidential Candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), spoke at the Makinde/Daura 2027 Presidential Town Hall meeting in Katsina on Tuesday. He stated that the Oyo State Government did not receive any N50 billion from the Federal Government and that the airport expansion was fully funded by the state government. Wike had made the claim on TVC's Journalists' Hangout programme on Monday.

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