The Ogun State Government has pledged its support for manufacturers within its domain. The state’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Bimbo Ashiru, who made the pledge on behalf of the state government recently while on a tour of some manufacturing firms in the state, disclosed the plans of the state government to take the manufacturers’ case to the federal ministries of finance, industry, trade and investment.
According to him, the state government is also working on the roads and infrastructure to make the state more conducive to investment.
He said, “We have started work on the Shagamu Road and some of the Federal Government roads as well. Most of the roads we are doing in Ogun State are Federal Government roads but there are no Federal Government people.
“Our government is committed to creating the enabling environment through good road network because if they are producing all these goods and we don’t have good road network, the goods are dead on arrival. We are also building bridges in order to reduce the traffic.”
Ashiru, who also visited the Sonia factory in Shagamu, expressed satisfaction at the level of manufacturing and employment provided by the firm.
The commissioner stressed the need for synergy between manufacturers along the value chain adding that manufacturers should patronise their counterparts across sectors in order to cut down on importation and high cost of production.
He stated, “We are allocating lands to industries in the same line of raw materials and production so that they can take advantage of forward and backward integration and business can be easy for all our investors in Ogun State.”
