Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said that his administration will continue to promote investor-friendly environment as one of the major ways to ensure the sustainable development of the state.

He said the initiative would encourage private investors’ businesses to thrive unhindered.

The governor, who spoke on Wednesday during the opening ceremony of a two-day Development Partners Summit and the Relaunch of State Education Endowment Fund in Akure, expressed delight that the ranking of the Sunshine State in the ease of doing business had risen in recent times due to a purposeful governance.

Akeredolu said the development partners summit sought to create platform for partnering with key players in both private and public sectors in order to mobilise resources for engendering economic growth and development of the state.

He added that the rebirth of Ondo State Education Endowment Fund (OSEEF) was targeted at bringing the funding gap in the education sector.

“It is also aimed at creating an effective avenue for sustainable growth and development of education in the state,” Akeredolu said.

While presenting the business opportunities available in the state to potential investors at the venue of the event, the governor said the Sunshine State has the potential to become a key player in the economy of the South-West region of the country by virtue of its human and natural endowments.

He said: “It is imperative that we re-engineer the economy and place it on a trajectory of sustained growth. To achieve this, our administration understands the fact that sustainable development can be accomplished through robust partnership. Therefore, our focus is to ensure rapid growth, development and sustainability of the economy.

“We have developed the ‘Blueprint to Progress,” a policy document which encapsulates the five cardinal programmes of this administration.”

SOURCE: https://citadelng.com/well-continue-to-promote-investor-friendly-environment-akeredolu/