Our industrial drive yielding positive results, says Amosun
http://www.gatewaymail.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Senator-Ibikunle-Amosun...Ogun-State-Governor-of-Nigeria..jpgNIGERIA: OGUN State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said that the industrialisation drive of his administration since assumption of office four years ago has continued to yield positive results.
The governor has, therefore, assured that his government would continue to strengthen the state’s capacity by ensuring conducive atmosphere for business to thrive.
He spoke on Thursday at the commissioning of the multi-billion naira Coleman Wires and Cables in Arepo, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“Our industrialisation drive has continued to yield results,” Amosun said. “This is the 70th mega company we will be commissioning since the inception of our administration in 2011.”
“We will continue to strengthen the state’s capacity by improving political awareness and providing enabling ambiance for business to thrive,” he added.
He charged industrialists to avoid environmental pollution that could have negative impact on their host communities.
The governor described the company – which produces electrical products – as a private sector way of identifying with the Federal Government power reforms.
Amosun, who promised that adequate security would remain a priority of his government, emphasised that business and industrial activities could only thrive under a peaceful atmosphere.
He tasked the management of the companies operating in the state not to take the issue of safety and waste management for granted.
The governor said that Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA) would readily collaborate with them to forestall environmental hazards.
“Our industrialists should be abreast of the impact any form of pollution will have on their host community,” he said, adding: “We will collaborate with you to avoid environmental hazards.”
He, however, charged the companies not to see community social responsibility as a talk show but a reality.
Amosun enjoined them to complement his administration’s effort in the provision of infrastructural facilities by paying their taxes promptly.
The governor pleaded with traditional rulers and elder statesmen who are from the state to encourage wealthy indigenes to invest in their home communities.
According to him, under his administration the way of doing business in the state has been simplified to encourage investment.
Earlier, the Chairman of the electrical products producing firm, Asiwaju Solomon Onafowokan, has advised Buhari administration to diversify the economy in order to get the teeming youth gainfully employed.
Among those present at the commissioning are the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Yetunde Onanuga, Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo, and Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo.
