Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has restated his administration’s commitment to partnering with local and foreign investors to develop and prosper the state.
The governor, who stated this while receiving a delegation of Chinese businessmen and investors in his conference room at the Office of the Governor, Ibadan, said they were in the right place for business partnership as Oyo State is open for business.
Makinde assured that his administration would do everything possible to support businesses in the state.
He added that the state would not relentlessly expand and boost its economy through local and foreign investors willing and ready to partner with the state government.
He expressed the hope that the state and the Chinese investors would have mutually beneficial business collaboration.
Earlier, the team leader and Consul-General of Nigeria in Shanghai, China, Ambassador Gbadebo Afolabi, said the Chinese businessmen were ready to partner with the state government on infrastructure development, energy, agriculture, and mining.
Chairman of the Working Committee for Overseas Cooperation of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Mr He Lixiong, who spoke through an interpreter, Mr Innocent Okonkwo, also said the visit aimed to collaborate with the state government on critical sectors of the economy.
The Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi; Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Williams Akin-Funmilayo; Director-General, Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership Agency, Hon. Tilewa Folami; and Mr Tosin Ayoade were in attendance.
On the Chinese delegation were Dean Qingdao Tourism Planning and Architectural Design Institute, Mr Zezhong Yang; CEO, Sichuan Branch of China Machinery Industry Construction Group Inc., Mr Wang Fan; Manager, Changzhou Sanxin Energy Company Limited, Mr Liu Xiangdong; and Secretary, Nigerian Kazakhstan Business Council and Strategic Partners, China Overseas Working Committee, Mr Kehinde Adeyemi.
