Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said his government will, in 2024, focus on building a resilient and sustainable foundation for reforms, initiatives and programmes embarked on by his administration over the past seven years, which has improved livelihoods for millions of Edo people.
The governor, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, the state capital, said the priorities for his government in the New Year include economic growth and stability, deepening public and civil service transformation and human capital development.
Obaseki said: “The ultimate target is to promote economic expansion, technology, arts and culture, social inclusion and economic empowerment for Edo citizens through sustained investments across sectors of the economy necessary to drive growth and development.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) will continue to dominate our investment initiatives in the New Year.”
According to him, while efforts at economic growth and stability will focus on public safety and security, business environment reforms (investment in infrastructure and technology) and job creation (technological innovations), attempts at deepening the public and civil service trans
formation will include technology enhancement, recruitment (phase 2) and training.
For human capital development, the governor said his administration will focus on education sector reform and health sector transformation in the New Year.
On plans to drive economic expansion in the state, the governor stated that his government is taking deliberate and bold steps to drive economic and employment enablers.
