Realising the critical role that energy plays in industrialisation process, Ogun State Government is partnering the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) to work out modalities of having gas pipelines laid to reach manufacturing companies across the state.
The Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Bimbo Ashiru, disclosed
this at a meeting with owners and operators of industrial concerns
within the Flower Gate Industrial Estate along Sagamu-Lagos interchange,
and indicated that the move was part of measures by government to
support industrial revolution.
According to him, the agricultural and industrialisation policies of
government meant to among other things, generate employment would
flourish when companies have regular access to energy without
restriction, saying that “gas as an alternative source of energy is
cheap and of minimal environmental hazard compared with other sources of
energy”.
He stated that it was a deliberate policy of government to ensure that
companies with value chain advantages are concentrated in the same area
to make raw materials and packaging easily accessible and in the long
run, reduce cost, pledging that it would not relent in taking steps to
create an enabling environment for investors to operate.
“That is the reason government is careful in allocating land to companies, the Governor is constantly monitoring the allocation of lands to ensure that only companies of same scheme of operation are located around same particular area” Ashiru explained.
“That is the reason government is careful in allocating land to companies, the Governor is constantly monitoring the allocation of lands to ensure that only companies of same scheme of operation are located around same particular area” Ashiru explained.
The Commissioner expressed satisfaction about the cordial relationship
among companies in the industrial estate, disclosing that no fewer than
25 companies had established their businesses in the State since the
inception of the present government and expressed optimism that more are
still coming.
Speaking earlier on behalf of other industrialists present, Managing
Director, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Mr. Martin Woolnough, had solicited
government’s support on having alternative energy supply in order to
increase production capacity and reduce cost.
Woolnough commended the State Government for its untiring efforts to
enhance security, infrastructure and skill development which he said are
factors needed for industrial success, noting that collaborative
efforts among industries within the estate were being intensified for
optimal advantage.
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