We Will Continue to Create Enabling Environment For Investors In Oyo State-Makinde

The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has said that his administration would continue to create enabling environment for investors to thrive in order to provide jobs for the residents of the state.

He stated this during the 2022 Oyo State Productivity day Most Efficient Civil/Public Servants Merit Award held at Emeritus Professor Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall UCH, Ibadan.

Governor Makinde thanked the good people of Oyo State for their contributions in making the state safe and secure for private investment to thrive for the benefit of the masses.

He appreciated all the security commanders in the state for working day and night to ensure that Oyo State is one of the safest states in Nigeria.

He said, ” I thank you for your efforts, Oyo State is among the top five economies state in Nigeria. We will continue to work in harmony and for the first four years, we can say that there was no religious or cultural intolerance among ourselves, that is why we can go out there to meet the international community to woo them to come and invest in the state.”

He said that the work being done by the Oyo State Security Network Agency code named (Amotekun) is going a long way to ensure greater opportunities in the state.

He said Amotekun has been playing a huge role as they work together with police and other security agencies to keep Oyo State safe from any form of security challenges.

“Elections have come and gone, it is time to face governance. I thank all the civil servants for their support during the 2023 general elections in the state,” he said.

He however, charged the awardees to work more for the development of the state in order to reach its greater heights, saying that the present administration will continue to appreciate their good works.

He said the state government would be paying salaries and pensions regularly in “Omititun 2.0” and clear all the outstanding gratuities before the end of the second term in office.

In her remarks, the Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Ololade Agboola said that the Productivity Day Merit Award is set aside to reward diligence, dedication, value addition to service delivery on the part of Civil/Public Servants of Oyo State.

She hinted further that the occasion is also to recognize the efforts and contribution of deserving Ministries Departments and Agencies for the overall development of the state.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in the state, Mr Joel Ajagbe and other members of the Committee for 2022 Productivity Award Day Ceremony commended the Governor Makinde for giving them the opportunity to serve the state.