Makinde to Wike: Tinubu didn’t give Oyo N50bn for airport

Reported by Vanguard Nigeria · 1 hour ago · Nwafor

Oyo State Governor and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has rejected a claim by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that President Bola Tinubu provided N50 billion to support the upgrade of the Ibadan airport. Makinde described the claim…

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