Oyo State Governor ‘Seyi Makinde has stated the readiness of his administration to add tourism as a major plank of its economic expansion agenda.
The governor spoke at Igbo-Ora at the weekend during the annual World Twins Festival, organised by the Igbo-Ora community, Twins World Creations and the state government.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted him as saying that the administration had succeeded in rejuvenating the economy through agribusiness, “but it will now focus on tourism as another major contributor to the state’s economy.”
Governor Makinde said the Twins Festival, a celebration of Igbo-Ora as the world’s capital of twin and multiple births had a great tourism potential for Ibarapaland and Oyo State.
He said the government would do everything to make the zone a tourists’ destination.
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The governor said with his administration turning around the security situation in Ibarapaland, it would put in place adequate infrastructure, which would help tourism to gain foothold.
He noted that within the next few weeks, construction work would begin on Ibadan-Eruwa Road and Igbo-Ora-Iganna Road, with a view to fully integrating Ibarapa Zone into the economic development agenda of his administration.
The Olora of Igbo-Ora, Oba Jimoh Olajide Titiloye, thanked the governor for identifying with the land of twins and multiple births, declaring the support of his people for the governor’s re-election bid.