VP KASHIMA SHETTIMA Set For OSUN

• To Attend OSUN Investment Summit

Vice President, Kashim Shettima; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; South West governors; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Aare Dele Momodu are amongst dignitaries expected to grace this 2024 Osun state government industrial investment summit slated for September 10-14.

The summit which will be declared opened by the Vice President at the Olagunsoye Oyinlola Multipurpose Hall, Osun State University Osogbo, was organised in conjunction with the principal consultant, Ravicom Integrated Concept Nigeria.

The state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Revd. Bunmi Jenyo, who dropped the hint at a press conference at the ministry in Abere, assured that all necessary arrangements had been made to make the programme a successful one.  According to him, the summit was organised in a bid to position Osun State as a major Industrial and Commercial Hub in Nigeria and the West Africa Sub-region.

“This year’s summit vision is to enhance productivity, create employment and wealth, increase social facilities and generate more revenue for the state and Nigeria in general, that will expand channels for leveraging the qualitative Industrial, Agricultural, Mining, Tourism and ICT potentials of the State for inclusive and sustainable GDP for the State and the nation. “The summit will also facilitate the showcase of bankable opportunities and a strategic matchmaking platform convening stakeholders to Osun State Industrial ecosystem to facilitate partnerships and investments in the state.”

He stressed that “the summit would also focus on an agenda for acceleration of industrial investment, transformation  of the state economy, with a particular emphasis on the role of agriculture, industrial advancement and focusing on driving double-digit industrial investment and economic growth in the State’s senatorial districts as part of the objectives of the summit.”