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| Ogun State Gov., Dapo Abiodun with some of his guests. |
The Ogun State
governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that the state is irrevocably
committed to ensuring that it becomes the investment choice of the country and
the world.
Gov. Abiodun
reiterated this oft stated position in Lagos Thursday at a programme organized
by the London Stock Exchange in conjunction with PwC Nigeria to launch a report
"Companies to Inspire Africa 2019".
The Governor said that
his government believed that no government has the "monopoly of funds"
He explained that a
consortium of banks and other willing investors had approached the state for a
chance to build the largest Creative Arts and Entertainment village in the
state and we obliged.
"We also
appreciate the fact that no government has the monopoly of funds to engender a
wholesome and sustainable development; we recognize that for the
successful implementation of building our future together agenda, which is our
mantra, we have to collaborate and partner with other stakeholders, especially
the private sector," he said.
Abiodun also noted
that the vision of his administration was to give the state a focused and
qualitative governance and create an enabling environment for Public Private
Sector Partnership, which he said, would be fundamental to the creation of an
enduring economic development and individual prosperity of the state.
The governor further
disclosed that his administration had mapped out a practical approach to
engender a public private partnership that would enhance a symbiotic
relationship between the government and the private sector.
His administration, he
noted, is irrevocably committed to making the state an investment choice of
destination not only in Nigeria but in Africa.
Abiodun stated that
his administration was also committed to positively engaging unemployed youths
in the state through the launching of a job portal that would accommodate both
the skilled and unskilled youths, adding that the state was prepared to tackle
the menace of unemployment.
In attendance were
captains of industry and diplomats, including the deputy British High
Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, representative of Lagos State
Governor, former Minister of Investment, Trade & Industry, Okechuwu
Enilama; Director General, Security & Exchange Commission (SEC),
Oscar Onyeama; and the country senior partner, PwC Nigeria, Uyi Akpata among
others.
The PwC helmsman noted
that the expectations of most people was that Ogun state gets transformed as
the government in the state was under the leadership of a proven private business
entrepreneur who had being able to transform his own private business.
" I told him that
the expectations aligns that we see Ogun State similarly transformed,
aligned in the sense that it will just be four folds beyond what you did in the
private sector," he said.
On the theme, "
Companies to inspire Africa program, Akpata said that the program was an
opportunity to celebrate the 97 Nigerian companies featured in the 2019 edition
of the Lagos launch, adding that the edition would identify some of Africa's
most inspiring growth businesses.
In his remarks, the
Co- Head, Emerging Markets, International Markets Unit, London Stock Exchange
Group, Ibukun Adebayo said that the country was miles ahead of South Africa in
terms of the number of companies listed in the 2019 edition, noting that the
country has 97 companies registered as against the 23 registered by South
Africa in the companies to inspire Africa report.
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