Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde reiterated on Wednesday his administration’s commitment to partnering with local and foreign investors for the development and economic prosperity of the state.

The governor stated this while receiving a delegation of Chinese businessmen and investors in his conference room, Office of the Governor, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.

The governor, while welcoming them to the state, said they were in the right place for business partnerships as Oyo State is open for business, adding that his administration would do everything possible to support businesses in the state.

Makinde noted that the state would not relent to expand and boost its economy through local and foreign investors willing to partner with the state government.

He expressed hope that the state and the Chinese investors would have mutually beneficial business collaboration.

Earlier in his remarks, the leader of the team, Consul-General of Nigeria in Shanghai, China, Ambassador Gbadebo Afolabi, expressed the readiness of the Chinese businessmen to partner with the state government on infrastructure development, energy, agriculture, and mining.

Also speaking, the Chairman of the Working Committee for Overseas Cooperation of the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Mr. He Lixiong, who spoke through an interpreter, Mr. Innocent Okonkwo, said the visit aimed at collaborating with the state government on critical sectors of the economy.