Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has said that
the state’s human capital development is premised on sanctity of human dignity,
as well as complete education that emphasizes excellence in character and
learning.
The governor disclosed this while hosting a delegation from
the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), led by the Executive
Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Ms Yewande Sadiku.
The governor said that the administration’s
industrialization drive was tailored towards the Asian Tigers’ economic policy,
which, according to him, emphasizes utmost regard for human dignity, as against
the European’s style of robotic technology. He said that the use of robots in
place of humans derided human life.
Ajimobi said, “Our free trade zone and industrial park were
targeted at China, because we believe that the Asians, especially the Chinese
have value for human dignity and respect for labour.
“The growth of China’s economy is anchored upon the sanctity
of human dignity. They are not like the Europeans who are today building their
economy on robotic technology, which has no value for human dignity.
“We focus our own growth on complete education that
exemplifies excellence in character, civic responsibility and learning. We
supported our free trade zone with an industrial park and many entrepreneurs
have embraced our initiative.
“We are prepared to give them at cheap cost and to even some
for free if they will offer us what we want for our development.”
The governor said that the state would be willing to give
the needed support to NIPC whenever requested, adding that the state had all
that was required for it to become the center of business opportunities.
He cited the recent statistics from the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS), which ranked Oyo among the first five states in Nigeria on
ease of doing business, which he said was a remarkable improvement from the
earlier 24th position in 2014.
In her response, the CEO of NIPC said that the delegation
was in the state to promote investment and express its support for the
administration in its drive for investment promotion and industrialization.
She said her agency had the mandate to encourage and support
Nigerians to invest in their own country, which according to her, had been made
possible with the support given by state governors.
Sadiku announced that NIPC would be holding a summit in
October in Abuja to bring together stakeholders in the country on the need to
drive local businesses and make the people of the country to invest more in
their own nation.
She said, “I want to inform Your Excellency that we have
come to serve and we cannot achieve our objectives without closely working with
the state governments. A broom sweeps better as a whole; since my resumption as
the Executive Secretary, I have had closer working relationship with DAWN
commission to look into how we can achieve our mandate.
“Our mandate is to promote investment locally and support
whatever attempts being made at making Nigerians locate their investments in
Nigeria, to drive job opportunities and maximize growth.
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