The Osun State Government, on Thursday unveiled a 10-Year Development Plan the implementation of which is expected to boost the state’s economic growth and human capital quality on a sustainable basis.
The state Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development, Dr. Olalekan Yinusa, explained that the Osun Development Plan 2019-2028 was hinged on four pillars of Economic Development, Capital Development and Security, Infrastructure Development and Environmental Sustainability.
According to him, a common vision and mission of the state had been carefully and succinctly captured in the document for the economic growth of the state, adding that the plan projected that Osun will become a place where all generations, including those unborn, will be proud of.
Yinusa explained: “The state’s vision is to be a prosperous state in a secure and sustainable environment. While the mission is to promote sustainable development through pragmatic, transparent, accountable and inclusive governance that mobilises human and material resources toward making the state a socio-economic and cultural hub of Nigeria.’’
He pointed out that the road map to decisively address diverse strategic issues of widespread unemployment, low productivity, infrastructural deficit and low agricultural productivity was clearly defined in the plan.
The commissioner pointed out that the plan was fundamentally different from previous plans in terms of preparation, comprehensiveness of content and implementation strategy, adding that it evolves from the past development plans, with critical inclusion of materials of current and future developmental relevance.
In his remarks earlier, the State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, expressed the hope that if successive governments could follow the plan, the state would ultimately become the best state in the country in terms of socio-economic development.
He maintained that his administration had laid a solid foundation for the growth and development of the state which succeeding governments should build on to consolidate on the achievements recorded during his two-term tenure.
