Oyebanji plans to make Ekiti hub of technological innovations, entrepreneurship

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that he will deploy all available resources to make the state the hub of technological innovations and entrepreneurship among other states in the country.

He said that the vision of his government is to position the state as a beacon of innovation, contributing to Nigeria’s economic development and enhancing the prosperity of the people.

Oyebanji, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Habibat Adubiaro, stated this, yesterday, during the opening ceremony of the Ekiti innovation summit and festival held in Ado-Ekiti.

The governor said the government was targeting a situation whereby a brighter future for the younger generation would be guaranteed through creative and other alternative means that are decent.

According to the governor, with the recently established initiatives, like the Ekiti Startup Garage, which serves as a hub for ideas to flourish, and transform into groundbreaking solutions for both local and global challenges, Ekiti is already moving towards a prosperous, technologically-driven economy.

Earlier in his welcome address, the state’s Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Digital Economy, Oluwaseun Fakuade, said the summit had become necessary because it was the resolve of the administration to transform the state on the path of creativity and innovation.

He, therefore, enjoined the participants to take the contents of the summit seriously to justify the trust for which it was conceptualised.