The Ogun State Government has expressed its willingness to partner with investors from Canada in the execution of its five cardinal programmes to further make life more meaningful for the people.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun stated this while receiving the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Chris Cooter, at the Government House in Abeokuta, on Saturday.
According to the governor, it is the desire of his administration to transform the state in the areas of education, agriculture, health and power, security and infrastructural development, among others, noting that these were areas where Canada had expertise and the wherewithal to help the state.
“Ogun is a unique state; it has the largest concentration of industries in Nigeria and is blessed with good land for agriculture, and my administration is working assiduously to harness this advantage in order to lead the state to industrialisation,” the governor said.
Amosun also sought the cooperation of the Canadian government in the area of vocational and technical education, saying that he recently inaugurated a board for vocational and technical education to enhance technical manpower in the state.
The governor also used the opportunity to thank the Canadian government for her assistance to the country during and after the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, and urged Canada to be more involved in Nigeria’s political system.
Speaking earlier, Cooter commended Amosun for the ongoing infrastructural development going on across the state.
He assured the governor of his country’s commitment to the training of youths in the state in various skills as well as the promotion of the exchange of educational programmes between his country and Ogun State.