The Bayelsa State Government has said that it is poised to grow local entrepreneurs and link them with business partnership across the globe to position the state for industrial development and depend less on oil.

Deputy Governor of the state, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John-Jonah (rtd), who stated this yesterday while declaring open a training seminar, said that the workshop was aimed to close the gap with other states in entrepreneurship.

He noted that the state was inefficient in industrial development and urged the participants to utilize the opportunity of the training to build prosperous future for themselves.