Investment opportunities in Ogun State

Resources and Potentials

Since agricultural development is one of its cardinal programmes, the Ogun State Government has continued to ensure that maximum attention is focussed on agriculture to guarantee its rapid development. In this regard, efforts have been made to stimulate food production activities through the multiplication and distribution of high-yielding and disease resistant seeds and seedlings of both cash and food crops to farmers at reasonable prices.

Top on the list of priorities is the improvement of the production of palm-oil and palm kernel at Apoje and Lomiro by increasing the quantity of available fruit bunches to the processing mill. In 1994, over 50, 000 palm seedlings were raised for planting. A sum of N500,000 was also released by the state government to ensure the completion of the Odeda fish farm project by direct labour, thus making fishery services available to the people of the state. Government and private sector involvement has boosted the development of potentials in the area of livestock and poultry production. To further demonstrate the state governments to resolve to accelerate food production, a Food Basket Scheme introduced by Gateway Bank Plc was commissioned. The famous Obasanjo farms, owned by the Nigerian leader President Olusegun Obasanjo is located in Ota.

Being close to Lagos State, the state is also well known for industries. Availability of land, proximity to the sea and a conducive investment atmosphere make Ogun state towns like Ota home of all sorts of industries.

It is also important to note that Ogun State offers wide ranging tourist attractions, including its very famous Olumo Rock in Abeokuta.

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