The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said on Friday that the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State has repositioned the state leveraging its comparative advantage to drive growth and development across all sectors.
He said Edo State has comparative advantage over every other state in the country in the area of agriculture and agro-processing as well as culture and tourism.
Dangote, who was the keynote speaker at the 2023 Alaghodaro Investment Summit held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, commended the governor for his government’s business-friendly reforms that have continued to spur the influx of investors into the state.
Africa’s richest man, who was represented at the event by the Dangote Group’s Managing Director, Mr. Olakunle Alake, said the safety and security as well as reforms in the agriculture and tourism sectors have repositioned Edo State as a tourist hub and an investors’ haven.
“Edo State has comparative advantage over every other state in the area of agriculture and agro-processing as well as tourism sectors,” Dangote said.
“Investments are coming into Edo State because of the friendly environment created by the governor for investors and today, Edo has become an investment destination.
“The state boasts of tourist sites across various locations in the state and the State Government has taken advantage of it to turn the State into a tourism hub.
“The ease of doing business in Edo State is the point of attraction for investors to invest in various locations as infrastructure plays a major role in ease of doing business in the state.
“The state is also secure and it has promoted many investors to invest in the state and this has gone a long way to grow the economy of Edo State,” he said.
