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By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta
As portion of the state’s ongoing concern thrust successful its assorted concern clusters, arsenic good arsenic to fortify the state’s integer Innovation hub, Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has visited China alongside his economical team, seeking enlargement of the state’s economy.
A connection by Hon. Kayode Akinmade, Special Adviser to the Governor connected Media & Strategy stated that Governor Abiodun and his squad successful the people of the engagement met with Inspur, 1 of the foremost IT firms successful Shandong Province and so crossed China, which took the squad done the past of the company’s beingness and their inspiring imaginativeness for the future.
It said the squad marveled astatine the similarities betwixt their trajectory and the conception for the Ogun Tech Hub, which reaffirmed the condemnation of the authorities that with the close partnerships and enactment for the state’s ICT companies, Ogun State tin instrumentality its rightful spot arsenic a integer innovation hub successful Africa.
“Our conversations with Inspur were focused connected however we tin construe this gathering into meaningful collaborations that volition thrust cognition exchange, make opportunities for our people, and further fortify the instauration of our integer economy”, the connection was quoted arsenic saying.
Also, the squad played big to Mrs. Linshuang Zhang (Esther), the Chairman of Royal Ceramic, a foremost subordinate successful Nigeria’s ceramic manufacturing industry, with their state-of-the-art mill situated successful Sagamu, Ogun State.
Her presence, according to the connection was not lone a people of respect but besides a testament to the increasing assurance of concern giants successful the authorities ‘s administration’s imaginativeness for a prosperous Ogun State.
It further stressed that Mrs Zhang during her sojourn expressed profound appreciation for the singular strides Ogun State has made successful transforming the authorities into a genuinely business-friendly environment, arsenic she commended the deliberate efforts of Governor Dapo Abiodun successful gathering captious infrastructure, strengthening security, and ensuring policies that alteration manufacturers similar her to thrive.
The connection quoted the Governor saying”, We reaffirmed our committedness to sustaining this trajectory of maturation by continuing to make the close ambiance for investment, innovation, and concern expansion. It gives america large pridefulness that investors specified arsenic Royal Ceramic admit and observe these achievements, further validating our resoluteness to support Ogun State astatine the forefront of Nigeria’s concern revolution”.
In the aforesaid vein, the squad had a strategical gathering with the Managing Director of Lee Group, wherever they were informed astir the institution ‘s upcoming investments successful Ogun State valued astatine astir 50 cardinal dollars.
“This is yet different testament to the attractiveness of our authorities arsenic the emerging concern superior of Nigeria, and we stay committed to sustaining policies that marque Ogun a preferred destination for planetary investors.
“We are arsenic delighted to enactment that Lee Group is expanding its detergent business, which proudly stands arsenic the fig 1 successful Nigeria successful presumption of sales. This enlargement volition not lone consolidate their marketplace enactment but besides make much occupation opportunities for our radical and stimulate economical activities crossed the worth chain.
“In addition, Lee Group is broadening its footprint successful the nutrient processing assemblage with the constitution of 2 caller factories dedicated to exports to the United States and Europe. This bold measurement underscores the increasing assurance of planetary markets successful products made successful Ogun State, portion besides positioning our authorities arsenic a hub for export-driven industrialization”, the connection read.
In different development, Governor Dapo Abiodun besides had an engagement with Governor of Shandong Province, Mr. Zhou Naixiang, arsenic portion of efforts to rekindle and fortify a Shandong-Ogun State Economic and Trade Partnership nether the broader Nigeria-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (NCSP).
This engagement was successful enactment with the earlier statement betwixt President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and and President Xi Jinping astatine the Forum connected China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) successful Beijing, September 2024.
“This engagement is simply a reflection of our unwavering committedness to the Renewed Hope Initiative of our President exemplified by expanding the frontiers of concern and practice for the payment of our people.
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