‘ Largest Single Industry In Nigeria To be Commissioned In Ogun State
Adetokunbo Fakeye
The industrialisation drive of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun administration in Ogun State has yielded yet another fruit as a manufacturing plant, Procter and Gamble located in Agbara, Ado-odo Ota Local Government area of the State, would be commissioned next week.
The plant which is the highest single U.S. investment in Nigeria and expected to provide about 2,000 direct and indirect jobs when it becomes operational worth, 300 million US dollars. Ogun State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru disclosed this when he paid a visit to the plant where he expressed delight about its completion within 18 months.
Ashiru assured that the business-friendly posture of the State Government would be sustained, adding that developments like this would spur the State government to do more in providing necessary amenities that will create an enabling environment for new investments and make existing businesses thrive.
Ashiru urged the management of Procter and Gamble to develop and maintain a cordial relationship with the host community by embarking on meaningful corporate social activities that would impact positively on the lives of the indigenes.
The Commissioner was in the company to appraise the level of preparation for the formal commissioning scheduled for next week. Earlier, while welcoming the Commissioner, the director of P&G Sub-Sahara Government Relations Associate, Temitope Iluyemi commended the State Government’s drive for industrialisation which he noted was paying-off with industrial concerns trooping to the State in droves. She affirmed that P&G was poised to produce user-friendly and quality products that would meet international specification as well as to assist local small and medium scale enterprises upgrade their businesses.
