Governor Olusegun Mimiko
In its determination to make Ondo State an industrial hub, the
administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko has taken delivery of a power
plant turbine to be installed at Ore.
The multi-million naira power plant turbine arrived the state at the weekend.
The Mimiko administration has been planning to turn Ore into an
industrial nucleus for the state and the country’s foremost commercial
nerve centre.
Ore is strategically located on the Lagos –Benin Expressway, linking
the commercial city of Lagos and other parts of the South-west with the
South-south and the South-east.
The agenda of the state is to resuscitate the ailing industries by making Ore the focal point.
Mimiko had submitted that making industries in the area viable depends
on adequate provision of electricity which the turban is meant to
provide.
“We are already partnering to build a power project by leveraging on
the Escravos/Lagos gas line that passes through Ore. We are working to
turn the place to a power plant. Ore is a geographical reality standing
in the middle of the East and West. We are leveraging on that and
building the Ore Sunshine city which is a new commercial hub for Ore.
“It is a 1,000 capacity trailer park with warehouses and housing
facilities. It is a Public Private Partnership and work is presently
ongoing on it,” Mimiko had said.
Taking delivery of the turbine on behalf of the governor, the
Coordinator of the state’s Public Private Partnership initiative, Prof.
Ige Bolodeoku, said the development is line with the fulfillment of
Mimiko’s dream of turning the state into an industrial haven.
Already, according to Bolodeoku, engineers are on site, while the installation of the turbine has started.
On completion of the installation, industries in the area will be able
to run at cheaper cost, while constant supply of electricity will also
ensure optimal production.
Local and foreign investors as well as captains of industries have
started lobbying the state government for space at the Sunshine City,
which take off had been delayed by the power plant turban.
The Dangote Group, Nigerian Breweries and a few other industrial
concerns have been granted spaces to operate at the commercial hub, with
many others still being considered.
Already, the state government has been operating a flourishing millennium farm for young graduates in the locality.
The farm has been able to cater for over six thousand unemployed graduates in the state.
The arrival of the power plant turban is expected to galvanise the
output of operators at the farm even as the farm has been playing host
to personnel from other states in the country interested in replicating
same in their home states.
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