The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that the biggest cotton and apparel industry in West Africa, with a capacity to employ up to 40,000 people, will soon be established in the state.
The governor gave the hint on Thursday when he received the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, John Enoh, and his team, who paid him a courtesy call in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
Abiodun said the groundbreaking ceremony for the industry would be performed soon, and it will be sited at the Special Agro-Processing Zone. Speaking earlier, Enoh said Ogun represents Nigeria as the main belt of her industrial base in terms of industrial activities.
“I thank Ogun for being such a good host to industries. We appreciate the constraints our industries are facing as part of the general constraints in our country. Amid the constraints, there are potentials that exist, especially the private sector.”
we will be able to achieve the goals of this administration,” he noted.He said he was in the state on an “industry push” to see how the government could collaborate and partner with industries for the economic advancement of the country in line with President Bola Tinubu’s eight-point agenda, which includes industry and the need for diversification through industrialization, digitalization, innovations, and manufacturing.
