The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has pledged his administration’s commitment to promoting agro-businesses towards ensuring the development of the state.

Obaseki made the remarks during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the management of Sunora foods, Benin City, led by its President/CEO, Charles Eghobamien.

The Governor, who warned against activities of land grabbers, urged the firm to be diligent and also manage their expansion to avert issues bothering on community crisis over land grabbing.

Obaseki said: “We want to congratulate the management of Sunora Foods in the state. We have gotten to a stage that has culminated in the signing of the MoU with our government.

“As a government we are very supportive of entrepreneurs who want to undertake meaningful investment in our state, particularly in the agro-based businesses. This is not the first time we are supporting business groups that have affiliation with our state.

“I just want to implore you that you should be very diligent and also manage your expansion. We trust that with the history of your company and experience that you will manage the business and the opportunity.

Obaseki said the state government will continue to create the enabling environment for investment to thrive, safe and to obtain the level of returns that is expected to sustain investments in the state.

In his speech, Eghobamien said the firm is targeting 10,000 jobs minimum and also targeting over 15,000 indirect jobs in the project.

“Apart from this, there are going to be other development in terms of innovations, technical expertise and also we intend to, through our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), impact the communities where we are going to operate in.”