Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday, pledged the state’s commitment to remain the industrial capital of Nigeria.

The governor stated this while commissioning the multi-billion naira Flexible Power Cables Factory built by Coleman Wires and Cables located at Arepo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

While congratulating the management and members of staff of Coleman Technical Industries Limited for the multi-naira factory, Amosun described it as a further demonstration of his administration’s determination in providing conducive atmosphere for industrial growth in Ogun State.

“This project is an enviable step which, no doubt, will facilitate the attainment of a self-reliant and self-sustaining economy,” Amosun said.

He said as a mark of the success of his administration’s industrialisation drive, not less than 70 factories have so far commenced operations in Ogun State since he assumed office on May 29, 2011.

“It is heart-warming to note that today’s commissioning of the Flexible Power Cable factory just ten months after we commissioned the Medium and High voltage power cable factory on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, is an attestation to the fact that Ogun State is blessed with the necessary resources and potentials for rapid growth of industries,” Amosun said.

The Ogun State governor described the electrical products factory as one of the ways the organised private sector is identifying with the power sector reforms of the federal government.

The Governor further assured investors that the provision of an enabling ambience for businesses to thrive as well as adequate security would remain a top priority of the Ogun State government under his watch.

Amosun also seized the occasion to remind all the industries operating in Ogun State to always be mindful of their corporate social responsibility to host communities while also urging the host communities to reciprocate by displaying a high level of cooperation, tolerance and understanding for the industries.

The Ogun State governor also urged industries operating in the state to constantly ensure that their operating environments are kept clean at all times.

“The common word on the lips of all and sundry is ‘keep Ogun State clean.’ Therefore, I enjoin all the industrialists to be abreast of the dangerous nature of the waste product used in their respective factories and ensure the effective management of their industrial waste,” Amosun said.

Speaking earlier at the event, Chairman, Coleman Wires and Cables, Asiwaju Solomon Onafowokan, advised the Federal Government to diversify the nation’s economy in order to get the teeming youth gainfully employed.

The event had in attendance, the Ogun State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Yetunde Onanuga, Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo and the Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, among others