OSUN INAUGURATES WORKING COMMITTEE FOR 2024 INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT SUMMIT
As part of the efforts to change the narrative of Osun State from Civil Service to industrialized State, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has inaugurated a working committee for the proposed Industrial Investment Summit.
The inauguration ceremony which was held at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday, had arrays of economic experts and stakeholders in attendance.
The Governor, ably represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo while inaugurating the committee said it’s high time the Summit took place, as the administration of Sen. Ademola Adeleke is putting in place necessary measures to industrialise Osun State, to make it an industrial hub for the South West region of Nigeria.
Rev. Jenyo disclosed further that the Summit is designed to promote investments in the industrial sector to ensure continuous growth of the State’s industrial activities and open new frontiers for the State.
He charged the committee to see the task as a clarion call to State duty and put in their vast experiences for the success of 2024 Industrial Investment Summit.
The Commissioner who applauded the members of the Committee for being part of the making of the impending success story of the move, said Osun State is taking a step that will positively impact the present generation and posterity yet unborn.
“This Industrial Investment Summit is not about us, but about the welfare of the people, Osun’s economic growth and development, prosperity for indegenes and indelible footprints and template for economic transformation for us as a people”, he said.
The Committee members who were drawn from relevant agencies of the state government, organised private sector, SMEDAN and finance institutions like Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Bank of industry (BOI), etc contributed to the interactive meeting.
The Committee, as constituted, will brainstorm and come up with a reliable template and strategy for the economic prosperity of the people of Osun State.
The Communiqué which was issued at the end of the inauguration of the Central Working Committee agreed that it is high time the summit took place in the State without further delay.
“That Sub-committees should be setup, that the Central Committee should make use of baseline data, development plan, and Osun industrial sustainable policy”.
It was also agreed that every sector needs to be portrayed on the State website and handles for investors attraction.
“The comparative prospects of every local government should be turned to competitive advantage for every local government. All MDA’s and Stakeholders must see it as complimentary and not competitive and must be ready to play their roles effectively”, the Communique concluded.
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