July 2019 Edition
Welcome to the July edition of The Governor Magazine, our monthly magazine presented by thegovernor.ng. Our publication that brings you news from State Houses and governors offices across the country, keeping you updated as to what's happening in terms of the business of the government and governance. This edition will feature specifically on Ogun State, the people of Ogun State, the government of Ogun State and the newly elected governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun. We are looking at his campaign promises, his plans for the state between 2019 and 2023.
Welcome to the July edition of The Governor Magazine, our monthly magazine
presented by thegovernor.ng. Our publication that brings you news from State Houses and governors offices across the country, keeping you updated as to
what's happening in terms of the business of the government and governance.
This edition will feature specifically on Ogun State, the people of Ogun State, the government of Ogun State and the newly elected governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun. We are looking at his campaign promises, his plans for the state between 2019 and 2023.
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governor<br />
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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
What would you say Ogun State is lacking<br />
presently that nerds urgent attention?<br />
The private sector company industrialisation is my<br />
thing and I see it as critical because you come to<br />
me, you are not feeling well, you need money, if<br />
there are jobs, companies can also help with CSR<br />
so I always try to look at industrialisation. We<br />
have said a lot about industrialisation, we have<br />
the land, we are making it available, we want to<br />
support industries; we do not have the people<br />
compared to Lagos or Ibadan but what we need<br />
to focus on is the tertiary industry that supports<br />
industrialisation. First is logistics. Looking at roads<br />
and seaports, how do we get these finished goods<br />
to people within the community, how do we get it<br />
to the end users.<br />
If you go into Agbara, I have been to Agbara<br />
several times, the journey from Abeokuta to<br />
Agbara, your body will ache and the journey is<br />
almost four hours. You and I know that you can<br />
get on a plane and in those 4 hours we are out of<br />
the country. It is not so much about the journey<br />
but when you get into Agbara and you see the<br />
level of investment, it is not only the<br />
manufacturing but when you see the companies<br />
they are building, their MDs, their staff are<br />
coming from afar, they also have a small estate for<br />
the expatriates. You know when you fix the road<br />
to that area, a community will open up. People<br />
will buy land to build bungalows, people will do<br />
housing projects, flats and once people are living,<br />
schools will come, supermarkets will come, all<br />
those things will come. Of course, once they start
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