Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Spent N2.38 Billion On 170 Vehicles For His Office In Nine Months And Voted N10 Billion More For Vehicles In 2026

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In 2025, the Office of the Executive Governor budgeted N3,000,000,000 for the purchase of motor vehicles. By September 2025, the office had spent N2,381,778,174.31 on that purchase. For 2026, the approved budget for the same purchase is N10,000,000,000.

The project description in the approved budget book, reviewed by SecretsReporters, names the vehicles one by one. There are 25 Toyota Camry cars. There are 50 Toyota Corolla cars. There are 50 of a model the book calls the Toyota Beta. And there are 45 Toyota Hilux pickup trucks. The total is 170 vehicles, and every one of them is charged to the Governor’s Office. Divided across the 170 vehicles named in the description, the amount spent by September 2025 comes to an average of N14,010,459.85 for each vehicle. The 2026 approval of N10,000,000,000 is more than three times the N3,000,000,000 provided for the same purchase in 2025.

Public procurement in Oyo State is governed by the Oyo State Public Procurement Law 2010, under which procurement must be conducted on procurement plans supported by prior budgetary appropriation. The vehicle purchase stands inside the approved provisions in both years: provided in the approved budget for 2025, performed by September of that year, and provided again in the approved budget for 2026.

The same office budgeted for buses in the same period. The purchase of 25 Ashok Leyland Eagle 30-seater CNG buses carried N1,881,000,000 in 2025. The amount spent by September 2025 was N1,381,570,829.21. The approved amount for the buses in 2026 is N4,200,000,000. The 2025 provision for the buses works out at N75,240,000 for each of the 25 buses named in the project description. Fuel for other transport equipment in the office carried N1,460,000,000 in 2025, with N1,253,000,000 spent by September of that year, and the approval for 2026 is N5,500,000,000.

Taken as one family, the vehicle purchase, the buses and the fuel for other transport equipment carried provisions of N6,341,000,000 in 2025, with N5,016,349,003.52 spent by September, and the same three purposes carry approvals of N19,700,000,000 in the budget for 2026.

International travel and transport for training, a separate vote in the same office, carried N1,000,000,000 in 2025, with N408,094,369.32 spent by September of that year, and carries N1,000,000,000 again in the approved budget for 2026.

Computers followed the same pattern. The budget book describes the purchase as 4,000 HP EliteBook laptops and 2,000 HP Envy desktops for civil and public servants in the state, and the charge sits in the Governor’s Office. The provision in 2025 was N9,000,000,000. The amount spent by September 2025 was N6,603,290,892.72. The approval for 2026 is N5,910,745,570. The 2025 provision for the computers works out at N1,500,000 for each of the 6,000 devices named in the project description.

The same office voted money for printers on a scale of its own. The budget book describes the purchase as 8 HP OfficeJet Pro printers, and the provision in 2025 was N2,500,000,000, which works out at N312,500,000 for each of the eight printers named in the description. The amount spent by September 2025 was N147,072,610.36. In the approved budget for 2026, the same purchase carries N4,000,000.

Security equipment described as 1,000 CCTV cameras and 500 drone cameras carried N1,500,000,000 in 2025, with N1,000,000,000 spent by September, and N2,000,000,000 is approved for 2026.

The last of the six purchases is office furniture and fittings. The project is described in the budget book as 30 executive office tables and chairs. The amount provided for it in 2025 was N8,000,000,000, which works out at N266,666,666.67 for each of the 30 sets named in the description. The amount spent by September 2025 was N2,409,398,070.60, which works out at N80,313,269.02 for each set. In the approved budget for 2026, the same project carries N50,000,000.

Taken together, the vehicle purchase, the buses, the computers, the printers, the security equipment and the office furniture carried provisions of N25,881,000,000 in the budget of the Governor’s Office for 2025. The amount spent on the six purchases by September 2025 was N13,923,110,577.20. Their combined approval in the budget for 2026 is N22,164,745,570.

By September 2025, nine months into the year, the office had spent 79.4 percent of the vehicle provision, 73.4 percent of the bus provision, 73.4 percent of the computer provision, 66.7 percent of the security equipment provision, 30.1 percent of the furniture provision and 5.9 percent of the printer provision.

The wider Office of the Executive Governor, inside which the Governor’s Office sits, carried a revised budget of N148,646,211,010.91 for the whole of 2025 and closed the year with actual spending of N79,326,283,624.15.

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