*The Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation tackles Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, and Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi of the Allied Peoples’ Movement, over their claim that Senator Sharafadeen Alli, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, copied the ‘policies’ of the Makinde administration in his manifesto tagged, ‘Oyo Ahead’ unveiled in Ibadan recently
Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect
The Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has replied to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, and Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, his protégé in the Allied Peoples’ Movement, over their claim that Senator Sharafadeen Alli, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, copied the policies of the Makinde government in his manifesto with the acronym “Oyo AHEAD”.
The SSACO described the allegation as a lie peddled by men who are dodging questions on key governance issues.
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The Organisation, in a statement Thursday, November 5, 2026, said Senator Alli’s manifesto, which has become a source of headache for Governor Makinde and Hon. Adekanmbi offers practical solutions to problems in key sectors of the state economy, including education, health, agriculture, grassroots development and youth development.
Bisi Oladele, Director of Media and Publicity, Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO), in the statement, reminded Makinde and Adekanmbi that Alli is not a neophyte in public service, but a well-groomed public sector expert with rich experience across sectors.
Oladele stated: “Alli is not a newcomer learning governance from press releases.
“He was a Council Chairman, Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff and is now a serving Senator.”
The statement also noted: “That experience from the ward to the Senate is what positions him as the best for Oyo State.
“You cannot copy what you have lived.”
The SSACO said Makinde and Adekanmbi had deliberately refused to address the real concerns raised in the manifesto: local government paralysis, under-staffed PHCs and state hospitals, poorly funded schools and out-of-school children.
The Campaign Organisation further said: “Since 2019, Oyo’s 33 local governments have received about ₦873 billion from FAAC, yet not one council budget is published online.
“Alli’s answer is an Executive Order on Day One to guarantee local government autonomy, payment for councils on a fixed date and remittance of the 10 percent of state revenue due to them monthly to enable governance to percolate to the grassroots.”
On health, SSACO said the copying claim collapses on its own facts: six councils have no general hospitals at all, six general hospitals had no doctor at all as of last October 2026, and 10 hospitals had only one, while PHCs have about three workers each against a national standard of 24.
Alli’s response is not a copied slogan but a system.
The Oyo Care guarantees free healthcare for every infant, every pregnant woman and every resident of over 70 years old and above.
The manifesto shows the plan for continuous recruitment of health workers, provision of hospital facilities and work tools, medicines on the shelf, solar power for every rural maternity and a public dashboard in every ward,” the SSACO said.
In the education sector, Alli cited the state’s own school census: a public primary classroom holds about 100 pupils, about 674,000 children between age three and age 17 are out of school being the highest in the South-West and seven in 10 children aged 7 to 14 cannot do basic sums.
It restated that ‘Oyo AHEAD’ promises to bring classes back to 30 pupils, repair schools in all 33 Local Government Areas (LGAs), create a scholarship for the gifted poor child, pass an Apprenticeship Law and return School Governing Boards to parents and communities, alongside an agric revolution, a ₦10 billion Youth Fund, homes for low and middle-income earners, and a 20-year warranty on every new road.
The Director of Media and Publicity of SSACO also declared: “They claim Oyo is the most liveable state but cannot produce the report, the publisher, or the methodology.
“They claim Alli copied one-PHC-per-ward, yet our PHCs have three workers instead of 24.”
Oladele added: “That is not implementation. That is abandonment.
“Adekanmbi is not change. He is continuity of failure, continuity of centralisation, continuity of government-as-business. Oyo AHEAD is a correction. It is a covenant.
“And we will continue to highlight the issues that matter to the well-being of the people Oyo State.”