Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has said that his predecessor, Gbenga Daniel, handed over a failed state to him in 2011.
Amosun said this at a press conference to launch Ogun State Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency.
The governor, who was represented by secretary to the state government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, said that he inherited a state with poor economy, deplorable infrastructure and insecurity, which scared investors from the state.
He said that his administration had improved the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR) and improved the ease of doing business.
“When we came in 2011, Ogun State appeared to have failed as a state. Investors were running away from the state because of the high level of insecurity in the state, but today the state is ranked 4th on the list of states with the ease of doing business.
“As at the last count, our activities as a government has attracted 473 mega companies which some investing as much as N2 billion. Not only that, we took the IGR of the state from the paltry sum of N700 million to N7 billion per month,” Amosun said.
“But we are not relenting on all these achievements. We know we have been very successful, but we need to consolidate on the success we have achieved and that is why we are establishing this agency.”
Amosun boasted that the Governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, would be inheriting an economically viable state.
