The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured American businesses of vast investment opportunities in Edo State owing to the opening up of the state’s economy by reforms in the industrial sector, infrastructure, healthcare, innovation and education.
The governor said this during an address at a session of the United States-Nigeria Council on Food Security, Trade and Investment, holding in the United States of America, on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly.
Governor Obaseki’s administration has recorded successes in opening up the state for industrialization through investment in production centres, electricity generation and distribution, infrastructural development and healthcare, technical and vocational education, among others.
Some of the big-ticket projects in the state include the Benin Enterprise and Industrial Park, the Benin River Port, Edo Innovation Hub and Production Hubs in the state’s three Senatorial Districts, among others.
Nigerian dignitaries at the event include the Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc, Wale Tinubu and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, among others.
