Abiodun: We’ll resurrect Ogun BOI’s matching fund to help agro-allied industry grow.

Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State, has said that his government would reactivate the OGSG-Bank of Industry Matching Fund in order to empower and mobilize micro, small, and medium-scale businesses in the state.

Abiodun revealed this at his office after being named the first Grand Patron of the Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (OGUNCCIMA).

According to the governor, his government would re-strategize with the Bank of Industry for the benefit of businesses in the state, especially those in the agro-allied sector.

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“We’ve determined to empower and activate micro, small, and medium-scale firms; we’re re-strategizing with the Bank of Industry for the benefit of businesses in the agro-allied sectors,” he said.

While pledging that his administration would do more to improve the state’s agro-allied sector, he urged the Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, as well as other key stakeholders, to join hands with his administration in its efforts to continue to attract Foreign Direct Investment into the state.

The governor also said that his government will continue to build highways connecting the state to neighboring states, revealing that the continuing agro cargo airport and the Agbara-Atan-Lusada road would be finished by the year’s end.

“We will continue to build highways that link us to neighboring states, as we have done with the Ijebu-Ode-Epe road, the Abeokuta-Siun Interchange route, and the Agbara-Atan-Lusada road, all of which are expected to be finished by September this year.” “Let me promise you that our International Agro Cargo Airport will be operational by September 2022 or earlier,” Abiodun added.

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Wasiu Olaleye, President of the Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OGUNCCIMA), praised Governor Abiodun for enhancing the state’s business climate and economic condition earlier in his speech.

He said that the awarding of the Grand Patron of OGUNCCIMA, the first of its kind to any governor in the state, was in fulfillment of OGUNCCIMA’s duties as stated in Section 55 of the organization’s Memorandum and Articles of Association.