In his government’s drive to secure more investments, Governor Dapo Abiodun, of Ogun state has in New York, apprised investors of his administration’s plan to enhance the ease of doing business.
Speaking to our reporter after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, he expressed confidence that his trip would achieve the desired result for the people.
He said everything was being put in place to make business less difficult for investors, saying that his presence in New York was to convince prospective investors that Ogun would set few them well.
Abiodun has revealed that the prospective investors insisted on meeting the chief executive themselves to discuss plans to enhance investments in their states.
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He added: “More importantly, coming to Ogun state which is the biggest industrial hub in Nigeria, it’s been an opportunity for me to meet a lot of potential investors who insisted on seeing and meeting with chief executives in person. They want to have a feel of how and what you are thinking.
“And also because I come from the private sector and our vision is that which is to provide a focused and qualitative governance while creating an enabling environment for a private-public sector partnership which we believe is fundamental to the economic growth of the state, and individual prosperity.”
The governor recalled that the state has since passed the Ogun Invest law, which allows the state to create the Ogun Investment Agency, disclosing that he was in the process of appointing an investment banker as the chief executive in government’s commitment to increasing the ranking of the state in the ease of doing business.
Abiodun further stated: “These, I shared with them and all the plans that Ogun state has in terms of increasing our ranking in the global ease of doing business index.
“What does that call for? It starts from being able to apply, for land in Ogun state. How do you resolve disputes in Ogun state, how do you transfer land in Ogun state, do you have to go to multiple windows if you want to build? And so on and so forth.
“So, all that, I was able to address in person with international investors and I am glad to say that quite a few people are so anxious to come to my state because it is the Gateway state.”
He praised the participation of Nigeria at the UNGA, noting that President Buhari made a good representation for Nigeria.