The Ogun State government has solicited for partnership with the United States of America towards developing the critical sectors of the State’s economy.
Governor Abiodun who stated this when he played host to the American Consul General to Nigeria, Mr. Will Stevens, accompanied by 5-man delegation this Wednesday at Oke-Mosan Abeokuta explained that the state considers the United States as a progressive partner in the areas of economy, good governance, security, climate change and human capital development around the world.
The governor posited that the State apart from the sophistication of its people and their cognitive political culture, is unanimously and popularly adjudged as the New Jersey of Nigeria and the leading industrial hub in the West Africa Sub-region, with a need to tap from the American experience to further its developmental stride.
He informed that his administration at inception in 2019, assembled a team made up of highly resourceful technocrats and cerebral policy architects and conceptualized a transformational philosophy coined ISEYA, which is an acronym for Infrastructural Development, Social Welfare and Well-being, Education and Human Capital Development, Youth Empowerment and lastly, Agriculture and Food Security.
Prince Abiodun noted that in its quest to make the state the first destination for investors in Nigeria, his administration is currently constructing an Agro Cargo International Airport at Iperu-Ilishan road in Ikenne Local Government Area of the State, adding that the project is strategically designed to create the needed infrastructure to boost exportation of agricultural and non-agricultural goods.
Governor Abiodun appreciated the American government for her firm stance on democratic governance, specifically on the sanctity of the electoral process as well as supporting different reforms in the electoral process and taking an uncompromising position on electoral offenders.
Speaking in an interview after a closed-door meeting with the governor, the Consul General Mr Stevens said their discussions centred on security and health.noting that health remains the number one investment in Nigeria as the US government is in the health sector to help Nigeria to reach the 95 95 95 goals of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country.
