Why S/West Governors Halt Political Interference In Oodua Investments

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that the South West governors adopted a non-interference approach to happenings at the Oodua Investment Company Ltd in order to reposition the conglomerate towards making it reflect the true worth of the people of the zone.

Abiodun revealed this yesterday when he received the board and management of the Oodua Investments conglomerate, led by its Group Chairman, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru who paid him a courtesy visit.

Expressing delight at the successes recorded by the company in recent years, Abiodun commended the sense of creativity, direction and purpose of the new management team under Ashiru.

“I want to recall that in 2019 when I assumed office, my colleagues and I sat and we decided that it was high time we began the process of repositioning Odu’a and that the present Odu’a at that time did not reflect the quality of us as a people of the South-West.

“We decided that no longer would we want an Oodu’a where the members that represent the various states are just politicians; that we would ensure that we have members that are fit for purpose, and also that we should ensure that even the management itself and the directors are professionally recruited so that they can complement the board.

“I want to commend your sense of creativity, direction, purpose, sincerity and commitment to all that you signed up to do and we are very happy with the results we have seen. Because of that, all the governors have adopted a non-interference approach; we have decided not to interfere with you, we are happy with what we are seeing.”

Earlier in his remarks, Ashiru commended the governors of member states for appointing capable hands into various boards of the company, noting that the issue of diversification is very key to the company.