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A SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR, DR KAYODE FAYEMI, AT THE
OFFICIAL COMMISSIONING OF THE ODU’A ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, IYIN ROAD, ADO-EKITI,
ON SATURDAY, 15TH OCTOBER, 2011
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It gladdens my heart to be here today to commission the ODU’A
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, a project executed by the
Odu’a Investment Company Limited in collaboration with the State
Government. We are indeed proud to be identified with this laudable
project which falls in line with our agenda for the rapid industrial
development of Ekiti State.
It is a thing of joy that life is being brought back to the premises of
the old Odu’a Textile Limited which was the first industrial outfit in the
whole of Ekiti land and hitherto the main source of employment to
Ekiti citizens.
It is important to inform all that the Odu’a Enterprise Development
Centre, as this complex is now known comprises Builders’ Mart, Skill
Acquisition Centre, Artisans’ Village and Industrial Park with great
potentials for economic rejuvenation.
I have been informed that the Builders’ Mart project will support the
State Government’s Urban Renewal Programme aimed at beautifying
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the State while the EKITI- ODU’A Skill Acquisition
Centre jointly established by the Ekiti State Enterprise Development
Agency (EEDA), Ekiti State Agency for Job Creation and Employment
and Odu’a Investment Company Limited is geared towards
empowering our people and creating wealth for the populace. The
objective is to make at least 5,000 youths to be self employed in
various fields of endeavour in the course of time.
The Artisan’ Village and the Industrial Park which I learnt are in the
second phase of this project will be ready for allocation and
occupation within the next six months as the first set of graduands
from the Skill Acquisition Centre will commence operation from the
Park.
I make bold to say that the investment climate is right for full
utilization by genuine investors. I therefore wish to use this
opportunity to once again call on all investors to make Ekiti their first
place of choice. I wish to assure the Odu’a Investment Company
Limited that the State Government will continue to support in its
initiatives and the quest to promote economic activities in the State.
It is on this note that I wish to commission this DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE to the glory of God, the use of mankind and the overall
growth of Ekiti State.
Thank you and God bless.
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