Adebayo Adenrele
The Ekiti State Government has said Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s vision for a prosperous Ekiti was the drive behind the one-day visit of Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima to the state.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti, the State Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun attributed the august visit to Oyebanji’s tenacity to develop the State and make life more meaningful and easier for residents, stressing the Governor’s uncanny passion and level headed disposition to the industrialization of the State annexing the abundant human capital resources in the State.
Recall that the Vice President was on a one-day working visit to Ekiti State last week where he officially launched the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic/Fashion and Garment Hub, commissioned the 9.2km Omisanjana-Deeper Life-Ajebandele Road, visited the Ekiti Adire hub and announced FG’s approval of the establishment of an Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub with 150,000 naira grant for each MSME in the State.
According to Olatunbosun, the Oyebanji administration is revolutionizing agriculture and moving the State from mere subsistent farming to real agribusiness, promoting artisans to entrepreneurs, creating employment opportunities and gradually making poverty history in the State with its six-point development agenda.
Expressing gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his demonstration of interest in the development of the State, the Government spokesman assured that the huge investment in MSMEs in the State would be judiciously utilized and well monitored to ensure sustainability, adding that the administration would continue to partner the Federal Government, in the quest to achieve its goals.
He said the State Government would fashion out a sustainable business model for the hub for proper support to guarantee resilience and sustainability, adding that the target is to protect the people and the environment by identifying the products or services, target customers, the associated costs as well as supply and distribution chain.