Akeredolu returns, assures of fruitful investment tour
By Adekola Afolabi
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The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday returned to Nigeria after a 10- day investment tour of the United Arab Emirate and Malaysia with a promise to make Ondo state investments haven.
Akeredolu while speaking with Government House reporters on his arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, expressed optimism that his interactions with investors and the business communities in the two countries would in no time begin to manifest on the ongoing industrial transformation of his administration.
The governor said a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Dubai Port Authority on the Port of Ondo at the instance of the Dubai Ruling Family of His Highness Sheikh Dalmook All Maktoum and the UAE Under Secretary for Foreign Trade and Economy, Hon. Abdullah Ahmed Al-Saleh.
He revealed the investment potentials of the state had earlier been showcased at the Annual Investment Forum of UAE in Dubai which Ondo State attended for the first time and also had Niger State with several other countries across the globe.
While describing the Dubai partners as world class in Port Business Development, the governor said the multiplier effects of the interest will materialise very soon with a floating dock.
He maintained that the institute reiterated its readiness to partner the state on Agricbussiness development and a couple of other areas including its higher institutions exchange programmes.
