All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, has unveiled a campaign manifesto titled My Pact, setting out proposals he says would reshape the state’s economy and public services if he wins the 2027 governorship election.
Alli presented the document to stakeholders in Ibadan on Tuesday, 3 November. He organised its proposals under seven pillars described by the acronym Oyo AHEAD: local government autonomy, infrastructure, health reform, education and employment, agriculture and exports, the digital economy, and security.
Among the headline commitments are a proposed ₦10 billion youth fund and a target of raising Oyo’s annual internally generated revenue to ₦150 billion without increasing the burden on residents and businesses. Alli also pledged to grant local governments autonomy from the beginning of his administration if elected.
On public services, the APC candidate proposed a functioning clinic, school and road in each of the state’s 351 wards. Other pledges include improving electricity supply to industrial and farming areas, restoring potable water in 100 communities, connecting at least 100 rural communities to electricity, and expanding access roads to farms.
His health proposals include building general hospitals in six local government areas and expanding health insurance for infants, pregnant women and older residents. On jobs and enterprise, he promised industrial parks, support for small-business lending, skills centres and digital hubs across the state’s zones. These are campaign commitments; they are not yet enacted policies or completed projects.
The manifesto has also drawn criticism from the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) Campaign Council in Oyo State. In a statement reported by The Punch, the council described the document as lacking originality and argued that some proposals resembled programmes already being pursued by the current state administration. That assessment is the campaign council’s political position and is presented as an attributed response.
The central test for voters will be how each proposal is costed, funded, sequenced and measured. The manifesto sets out targets, but detailed implementation plans, financing assumptions and timelines will be important in assessing whether the pledges can be delivered.
