Ondo State Government has said that its best in terms of infrastructural and industrial revolution that would open up the economic potential of the state to the international community is yet to come.
It spoke through the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale who told Government House reporters in Akure, the state capital, that the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu administration would continue to harness the economic potential of the state for the benefit of the citizenry.
He also stressed that the administration remains focused and determined to ensure that youths in the state are gainfully engaged through various windows of opportunities government is opening to drastically reduce youth unemployment in the state.
Ale particularly appreciated the people of the state for their unalloyed support since the present administration came on board, promising that government would continue to do its best for overall development of the state and the people.
The Chief of Staff emphasised that all the ongoing infrastructural projects across the state would be completed while many more would be initiated for the comfort of the citizenry and the socio-economic development of the state.
He explained that despite the dwindling federal allocation, the state government has not reneged on its promises of dividends of good governance to the people of the state, saying that government has stepped up its Internally Generated Revenue and blocked all leakages with a view to providing the needed infrastructure and amenities across the three senatorial districts of the state.
He said that Akeredolu has promised to continue to make the comfort of the people of the state central regardless of where they live.
“We have promised to make the people of Ondo State the centre piece of our administration. We should expect more projects, more roads, more water schemes, improved health facilities, more industries, more employment for our youths. In fact, it is going to be all-round development.
“If we were to go by what comes into the state, we will not do anything from day one.
“But we have decided to look inward and get money to ensure better welfare of the people of Ondo State. We will continue to work harder on our Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, so that we will have more resources for the development of the state.”
Ale stated that Akeredolu’s sterling efforts at industrialising the state have been yielding positive results as Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub in Ore has employed hundreds of youths in the state.
He said apart from the direct employment from government especially in the health sector, through industrialisation, many youths in the state have been gainfully employed, thereby taking them off the streets and reducing youth unemployment in the state.
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