The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Ukeyima Akutah, has said that based on the remarkable level of the Ease of Doing Business Index in Ogun State, the state is at the forefront in the ongoing industrial revolution drive being championed by the Federal Government nationwide.
The NSC boss, who made this remark on Monday while leading a delegation of the council on a working visit to the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, explained that the state’s drive was in tandem with the policy of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to modernize economic production and transform the country into an industrialized nation for prosperity and job creation.
He noted that the efforts of the state government in the area of infrastructure development had enhanced industrial growth, thereby complementing the strides of the Federal Government towards sustainable transformation and industrialization.
Akutah also commended the governor for his determination to raise the bar of business activities in the state and develop critical infrastructure as a way of opening the state for an array of productive activities.
He said: “We commend you and your team for being consistent with infrastructural development in all sectors of the state’s economy. One of those infrastructure is the Gateway International Agro-cargo Airport, as well as the Inland Dry Port for which we are presenting its Certificate of Compliance to you today.
“Obviously, you have demonstrated capacity and quality leadership by all standards, and your state is piloting the ongoing industrial revolution in Nigeria as conceived by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Akutah added.
In his remarks, Abiodun thanked the NSC delegation for the visit and for the issuance of the Certificate of Compliance for the take-off for the Papalanto Inland Dry Port, saying the certification is a significant step in the quest for the establishment of the port.
The governor described the Papalanto Inland Dry Port as a strategic port of operation aimed at decongesting the Lagos Ports and boosting industrial activities in Ogun State, which has the highest number of industries in Nigeria.
He explained that through the concept of the Multi-modal Transportation System adopted by his administration upon assumption of office, the Inland Dry Port would be an efficient mechanism for the industrial revolution embarked upon by the Federal Government.
The delegation, which comprised directors and other heads of units in the NSC, presented an Outlined Certificate of Compliance to the Governor on the Inland Dry Port located in the Papalanto area of the state, which was flagged off recently by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola.
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Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Ukeyima Akutah (left), presenting the an Outlined Certificate of Compliance on the Inland Dry Port, Papalanto, to the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, during the NSC delegation’s visit to the governor in his office on Monday in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta
