{"id":1282,"date":"2019-12-26T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/"},"modified":"2019-12-26T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T06:00:49","slug":"biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of Seyi Makinde, Career and personal life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4cc019b2-9a3d-44e2-8c17-0f17555a3ed7-5677-000006271b7fc8cb.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1281\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4cc019b2-9a3d-44e2-8c17-0f17555a3ed7-5677-000006271b7fc8cb.jpg 554w, https:\/\/contents101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4cc019b2-9a3d-44e2-8c17-0f17555a3ed7-5677-000006271b7fc8cb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/contents101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4cc019b2-9a3d-44e2-8c17-0f17555a3ed7-5677-000006271b7fc8cb-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Biography of Seyi Makinde<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde is a Nigerian politician, business man, an engineer, a philanthropist and a <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">subject matter expert on fluid and gas metering<\/span>. He is the current governor of Oyo State. Seyi Makinde was born on December 25, 1967 in Ibadan, Oyo state. His father <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Olatubosun Makinde was a <\/span>renowned<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> teacher while his mother Madam Abigail Makinde is of Aigbofa Compound in Oja\u2019ba, Ibadan, Oyo state<\/span>.<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/#Educational_background\" title=\"Educational background\">Educational background<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/#Career_and_Businesses\" title=\"Career and Businesses\">Career and Businesses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/#Political_Career\" title=\"Political Career\">Political Career<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/#Awards_and_recognitions\" title=\"Awards and recognitions\">Awards and recognitions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/contents101.com\/2019\/12\/26\/biography-of-seyi-makinde-career-and-personal-life\/#Personal_Life\" title=\"Personal Life\">Personal Life<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Educational_background\"><\/span>Educational background<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Seyi Makinde began school at St Paul&#8217;s Primary School but completed his primary education at St Michaels Primary School, Yemeni, Ibadan. He proceeded for his secondary school education at <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Bishop Phillips Academy, Monatan, Ibadan<\/span> where he obtained his Senior Secondary School Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>In 1985, Makinde proceeded to study Electrical Engineering at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). In 1998, Makinde trained on Safety Shutdown System<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">; and<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Development of Analytical Competence for Managing Operations<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">at<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Lagos Business School<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">(now<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Pan-Atlantic University<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">) at the Industrial Control <\/span>Service<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">s <\/span>Houston<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">, Texas, USA<\/span>.<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">In <\/span>the<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> year 2000, Makinde trained on <\/span>automation.<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> In 2002, he proceeded to <\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Jiskoot Auto Control Training Centre,<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Kent<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">,<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>England where he studied the Fundamentals of Crude Sampling. In 2005 he proceeded to Massachusetts Institute of Technology<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">(MIT),<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>US<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">A where he <\/span>studied<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; 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font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Career_and_Businesses\"><\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Career and <\/span>Business<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">es<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>After graduating from school Seyi Makinde proceeded for his compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Makinde served with Shell Petroleum Development Company<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">(SPDC) of Nigeria<\/span>. He was later engaged as a primary engineer till 1992. Makinde worked as field Engineer for Rebold International Limited. In 1995, he was appointed field manager.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, Makinde moved to establish his own business Makon Engineering and Technical Services (METS) and later Makon Group of Companies. Makinde remained the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Makon Group of Companies till August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Seyi Makinde is worth N48billion as at 2019<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Political_Career\"><\/span>Political Career<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Makinde&#8217;s political ambitions started in 2007, when he ran to represent Oyo South in the senate under the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) but lost to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Kamoru Adedibu.<\/span> In 2011, Makinde aspired to become a Senator under the People&#8217;s Democratic Party (PDP) but lost in the primaries to the incumbent Senator <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,\" segoe ui roboto lato helvetica arial sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: none white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba background-color: rgb text-decoration: display: inline float:>Kamoru Adedibu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Makinde aspired to become the Governor of Oyo State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but lost in the primaries. Makinde defected to Social Democratic Party (SDP) but lost in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2017, Makinde defected to PDP after the Caretaker National Chairman Ahmed Makarfi visited him in his Ibadan residence. In September 2018, Makinde won the PDP primaries to run for Oyo state Governor in the 2019 general election.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Makinde polled <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">515, 621 votes to beat his closest rival, Mr<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Adebayo Adelabu<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">of the<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>All Progressives Congress (APC)<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">who polled 357,982 votes<\/span>. Makinde was declared winner of the Oyo state Governorship election.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Awards_and_recognitions\"><\/span>Awards and recognitions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Makinde has won series of awards and is a member of various professional bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tNigerian Union of Journalists (Oyo State Council)- Laudable Contribution to Humanity Merit Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tNational Association of Oke-Ogun Students (Ibadan)- Merit Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tFiditi Grammar School (Oyo State)- Old Student Merit Award in appreciation to the commitment, dedication and service to the association and humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tJunior Chamber International (JCI) University of Calabar Chapter- Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tSports Writers Association of Nigeria (Oyo State Chapter)- Gold Merit Award for immense and invaluable contribution to sports development.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tNigerian Association of Social Workers Merit Awards (Oyo State Chapter)-Philanthropic gestures and contribution to Social Care Delivery Services.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tCCII National Merit Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tFederal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (Ibadan)- awarded Seyi &#8220;Astute Politician of the Year 2018&#8221; for his resilience with which he had continued to assist the less privileged in the society.<\/p>\n<p>Seyi Makinde is a member of<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tNigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tCouncil for Regulations of Engineering in Nigeria(COREN)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tOil and Gas Design Engineers of Nigeria (OGDEN)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tInternational Society of Automation (ISA)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tInstitute of Measurement and Control UK<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tAmerican Measurement Institute (AMI).<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Personal_Life\"><\/span>Personal Life<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Seyi Makinde is married to Dr. <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\">Tamunominini Esther Makinde and together <\/span>they<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> have three <\/span>Children<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography of Seyi Makinde Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde is a Nigerian politician, business man, an engineer, a philanthropist and a subject matter expert on fluid and gas metering. 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