The international development partner gave the assurance on Tuesday when Governor Fayose paid a visit to the World Bank’s office in Abuja to discuss various programmes, especially Governance and Capacity Building, supported by the bank in the state.
Presenting the agenda of his government, Fayose said the over-arching objective of his administration was to empower the people of the state through employment generation for the less privileged such as the artisans, motorcyclists, and farmers among other groups of citizens.
The governor said his administration was irrevocably committed to transforming the state by creating an enabling environment for rapid socio-economic development.
Fayose expressed the readiness of his government to collaborate with the World Bank in order to benefit from its various developmental programmes such as the Youth Employment Scheme (YES), an the HIV/AIDS and State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP), amongst others.
The Ekiti governor was accompanied by the state’s head of service, Dr Olugbenga Faseluka, the chief of staff, Dipo Anisulowo, and the commissioner for budget and economic development, Gbenga Olajide.
On the World Bank team were the national director, Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly, the Ekiti-born World Bank consultant, Bayo Awosemusi and other officials. (Naij)