It began as a trickle, but now, it is no more news, that Ogun state in South-Western Nigeria is the new juggernaut in the fields of Industry and Academic institutions. It can be said that the state is currently experiencing an unprecedented industrial revolution, as an ever increasing stream of Companies, Industries and firms are beginning to site production plants, Warehouses and all kind of facilities in the state, From Dangote's Ibeshe plant (The largest in Africa), to various new Industrial and Power plants in the state, the new manufacturing plants that have commenced production in Ogun State belong to the biggest industrial concerns in the world, and are by no means minnow.. A former governor of Ogun State once described Lagos State as being attached to the belly of Ogun State. This description is reasonably apt, considering that Ogun is geographically the only or closest neighbor to Lagos, with both states conjoined through a vast borderline.- And the increasingly important role Lagos is playing in Nigeria and Africa, is beginning to Yield dividends in no small measure, for its much more endowed and bigger neighbor (ogun). The Huge metropolis that is Lagos has also spilled into Ogun state on many fronts, and state boundaries have blurred out.

While Lagos is undoubtedly ahead as the main station in terms of the service industry establishments, where the headquarters of banks, major business concerns and also the Stock Exchange and other financial centres are located, Ogun has also been accelerating towards emerging as the centre of industrial activities. Presently, investors in the manufacturing sector actually consider Ogun State a more alluring and conducive site for their activities. These investors have been drifting into the state at an unprecedented rate in the last three years, From the Sango Otta axis to Agbara, Ewekoro, Ibese, Ifo, Ibafo, Magboro and Sagamu, where numerous major manufacturing firms have registered their presence.

[size=15pt]W[/size]hile some of these firms are new entrants, others consist of manufacturing concerns which have decided to start producing from Ogun in facilities sprouting in all directions in the state. In 2012, Procter and Gamble, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of consumer goods, chose Agbara, Ogun State, as the appropriate site to build a $300 million plant. The company remains to date, the biggest Non oil Investment in Nigeria. Nestle, another big-time player, has a huge plant around the Papalanto section of the Lagos-Sagamu interchange. Other firms, which are by no means minnows, that have stationed their big plants to produce from Sango Ota, which is home to a cluster of industries in Ogun State, are Drugfield, Kolorkote, Fidson, Intercontinental Distillers, Pure Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Farmex Mayer, Shonghai Packaging, Eagle Packaging, Leady Pharma, May and Baker, Nycil Ltd., Honda Nigeria Plc, and Assometal.
Others include Nigeria Foundry Ltd., Dufil Indomie, Federated Steel Mills, Tower Aluminium, Nigerian Breweries, Nigerian German Chemical and Obasanjo Farms. [size=13pt]And especially the US$380 Million integrated steel mill in Shagamu[/size], which is ranked one of the largest private sector investments in Nigeria’s steel sector.

It has been a win-win development for both the industrialists and the Ogun State Government. While the manufacturers have enjoyed seamless production in the state, courtesy of advantages being located in the state guarantees, the state government has also witnessed a boost in its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, that has reached unprecedentedly high levels, in the last two years
New entrants include WEMPCO Steel Mills, and the multi-billion naira AADL ethanol manufacturing plant-one of Africa's largest at Igbesa, Ogun State. At the P&G plant commissioning ceremony, the governor, in an upbeat mood, announced that despite the massive project being the 43rd since the inception of his administration,[size=13pt] 20 others were already on the waiting list. The optimistic governor’s target is to commission 100 industries in the state before May, 2015.[/size]

Another attraction for investors mentioned by Adegbite is that Ogun State sits on a gas pipeline. “Although Lagos State also has gas pipelines in some parts, Ogun has pipelines in Agbara and Ota, which are two big industrial areas, and if you don’t want to rely on privatised Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN’s electricity, you can rely on that,” he said. Manufacturers in Ogun State, with plants situated close to the available independent power suppliers thriving on their proximity to gas pipelines, have the choice of being powered by such IPPs. This alternative to the power supply from Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company for Ogun State translates to a more reliable source of electricity, and seamless manufacturing process, drawing more industrial firms to the state. Such off-grid power producers in Ogun State include Coronation Power and Gas Limited with a 20MW facility, situated in Sango Ota and Tower Power Utility Ltd., which also generates 20MW and operates at Sango Ota. Ewekoro Power Ltd, with an off-grid generation capacity of 12.5MW, is also sited in Ewekoro, Ogun State., Lafarge Wapco's 60MW power station in Ewekoro

[size=13pt]In May 2014, Honeywell Group revealed that the company has forged a partnership with the United States Trade Development Agency, USTDA, by signing a Grant Agreement for a feasibility study on Honeywell’s multi billion Naira Sagamu Independent Power Plant project. The project, to be done in phases over the next five to seven years, has the potential of supplying about 1400MW of power. The power plant, when it is eventually put on ground, is expected to meet the power demands of industries in the south-western region of the country, with emphasis on Sagamu, Abeokuta and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway industrial clusters. Honeywell’s projection is undoubtedly to ensure adequate power supply to support its move of further expansion into Ogun State.[/size]

At a recent summit, Governor Amosun said the state was commitment to the process that would soon lead to launch of the state’s metro city project, which will be the rail connection to permanently link up the two neighbouring states of Lagos and Ogun, cementing the administration’s urban and industrial sector development programmes. With mineral resources in the state including bitumen, phosphate, kaolin, tar, sand and clay, and especially limestone, some of which the government claims can be mined for the next 500 years, the influx of more industrial firms into Ogun State is likely to be sustained. “Ogun has the largest concentration of limestone in the country for instance, especially in and around Ewekoro, more than half the metric tonnes of cement produced locally in Nigeria, comes from Ogun . Today, Ogun state is the new Cement Capital of Africa, producing the same amount of Cement as South Africa, the continent's second largest economy.

Noneroone:
Stop duplicating ur posts please

theV0ice:

I pray the country experiences a rebirth of our moribund manufacturing sector and wish those who left e.g Dunlop and Michelin will bring their businesses back
God bless Nigeria

Zoharariel:
Ogun - The only state, which name has more than 10 meaning.

Ogun - Juju or Charm

Ogun - inheritance

Ogun - War

Ogun - Sweat

Ogun - Medicine

Ogun - God of Iron

Ogun - Twenty

Ogun - Long

scholes0:


I hope so too.
Nigeria an achieve a lot, especially in the area of industrialization, with adequate power supply. As you can see, most of these factories are setting up their own independent power supply sources, which cut away at profits at the end of the day.
A more enabling and friendly business environment (make opening businesses easy), and a drastic increase in power generation will do the magic.

Zoharariel:
Ogun - The only state, which name has more than 10 meaning.

Ogun - Juju or Charm

Ogun - inheritance

Ogun - War

Ogun - Sweat

Ogun - Medicine

Ogun - God of Iron

Ogun - Twenty

Ogun - Long

TRIBALSTOOGE:
50 million of them are seeking for asylum in the third world country .



even in kenya and uganda ,



show me who is employed in that city ?



propaganda .

TRIBALSTOOGE:
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show me who is employed in that city ?
propaganda .

TRIBALSTOOGE:



alright you can keep and worship that colorful pictures .
i'm out of here .
while hunger and malnutrition persist .

TRIBALSTOOGE:
50 million of them are seeking for asylum in the third world country .



even in kenya and uganda ,



show me who is employed in that city ?



propaganda .

TRIBALSTOOGE:



alright you can keep and worship that colorful pictures .



i'm out of here .


while hunger and malnutrition persist .

Eshinwaju:


no no no...don't go o...I agree with you those pictures are fake.... ...they are lying.....

Shiishhhhhhh e yin omoluabi.......e da Ke enu yin o......awon omo nna ma wonle siyin la ra o........ekene Dili Chukwudi loading.....ogun straight......

whitecat1:
Ogun, the new frontier!!!

Eshinwaju:


no no no...don't go o...I agree with you those pictures are fake.... ...they are lying.....

Shiishhhhhhh e yin omoluabi.......e da Ke enu yin o......awon omo nna ma wonle siyin la ra o........ekene Dili Chukwudi loading.....ogun straight......