Gov Akeredolu Rallies NDDC For Industrialization Of Ondo |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday, unveiled numerous potentials of the State to the Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), urging the Commission to partner with the State.

The Governor, while playing host to the Management of the Commission, led by the Interim Administrator, Mr Akwa Effiong, revealed that the State has diverse potentials from which the NDDC could invest and make money.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Richard Olabode, stated that the Governor used the occasion to commission three waste trucks donated to the state by the commission.

Mr Akeredolu urged the NDDC to partner with the state to drive sustainable development which would change the lives of the people positively.

“Ondo State, no doubt, has many potentialities. Not only oil, our potentials are diverse. We want to put them before you. NDDC can make money in Ondo instead of spending money all the time.

“You can buy into our bitumen. It might be that our investment in bitumen will be what we rely on later. We have cassava. We have so many mineral resources. We have the best dimensional stone.

“We have beautiful seaside. We can invest in tourism together. Those are areas of interest for me. We have discussed and suggested so many other areas.

“I can assure you that here in this State, a lot can be done. Let’s drive sustainable development.

“It can be in form of investment partnership. It will change positively the lives of our people.”

The Governor expressed hope in the era of Mr Effiong as the Interim Administrator of NDDC and urged him to see to the setting up of project implementation and monitoring unit for the NDDC projects in the state.

“This is a new era for the NDDC and you have assured me that we will have rapid industrialization in the state.

“It is a new era for quantifiable economic growth, your new era of job creation and skill development in the Niger/Delta.”

Earlier, Mr Effiong commended the various strides of the Akeredolu administration, particularly in the area of road construction and other infrastructure.

He assured the Governor of the continued cooperation and support of the NDDC  and promised to look into the issue of abandoned projects of the Commission.