The Ondo state government is expanding the scope of the state-owned Ondo Sunshine Travels

- The main aim of the expansion is to create transport entrepreneurs in the state

- The government is also partnering a private investor to achieve the feat while providing support by way of enabling the environment.

The Ondo government has expanded its transportation business with the main aim of creating transport entrepreneurs in the state. This was disclosed by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu when he inaugurated the state owned Ondo Sunshine Travels on Saturday, August 17.

The initiative is a result of a bipartisan business relationship between the Ondo state government and Peace Mass Transit (PMT) Ltd.

The PMT-Ondo Sunshine is said to be the first of its own kind, involving a state government in a and a private entrepreneur who has guaranteed the enormous capital outlay, while the government provided crucial counterpart support by way of enabling the environment.

Ondo Sunshine Travels is conceived to provide jobs for indigenes of the state and create transport entrepreneurs through the Driver-to-owner (DTO) scheme pioneered by PMT.

The owner of PMT, Chief Samuel Onyishi pledged at the inauguration to spare no resources to ensure the Ondo Sunshine Travels delivered on its mandate to avail Ondo people and all Nigerians at large a transportation that is safe, affordable, and pleasurable.

The entrepreneur also hailed Governor Akeredolu for rendering populist services, stressing that the governor apparently draws his professional exposure as a human right lawyer and activist before venturing into partisan politics.

In a related development, the Akwa Ibom state government has kick-started its own flour business as part of its plans to industrialize the state.

The flour mill located in the state, has a 500 metric tons per day capacity and will create over 1,000 job opportunities for young people in the state, capable of turning Akwa Ibom into a major hub in bakery services in the region.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/1254947-ondo-govt-invests-transportation-business-create-transport-entrepreneurs.html