The Group Managing Director of Odu’a Investment Company Limited, Mr Adewale Raji has reaffirmed the determination of the company’s management to continue to partner with other private investors.
The technocrat who made this known over the weekend while speaking with PMParrot also revealed that the ultimate ‘game plan’ is to out-perform Western Nigeria Development Corporation, the ‘father’ of Odu’a Investment Company.
Adewale Raji, who used the history of the investment company to explain the present stance of the company said “what we know today as Odu’a Investment Company used to be called Western Nigeria Development Corporation (WNDC), it was after more states were created from the Western Region in 1976 that Odu’a came into being.
“I must quickly add here that Lagos State joined the other five states of Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun and Ekiti in March 2018. Each state has 16.66 per cent of the company and our mandate is clear – it is purely economic.
“This is why we are doing everything possible to bring about rapid economic development of the states in Western Nigeria. It is one of the reasons we are reaching out to private investors from all over the world especially to radically transform agricultural practices in the region. Partnerships have been working for us and it will continue to work for us. We are not leaving any stone unturned to ensure that the legacy is made to be more valuable.
“In this region, we had the first brewery, the first cement manufacturing plant, the first industrial estate and so on.”
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