Industrialisation, small businesses next focus after infrastructure – Oyebanji
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji says his administration will focus on industrialisation and the growth of small businesses in its second term. Read More:…
Ekiti State, like many sub-national governments in Nigeria, has in recent years prioritised road construction, public buildings and other physical infrastructure as a visible marker of governance performance. Governor Biodun Oyebanji's first term was largely framed around such projects, and his comments signal a pivot for the second term towards the harder, longer-term task of building productive capacity through industries and small businesses — sectors often cited as key to job creation and revenue generation in states that depend heavily on federal allocations.
The coverage from Punch and ThisDay agrees on the broad thrust of Oyebanji's announcement: a deliberate shift from infrastructure to industrialisation and support for small businesses as the defining theme of his new term. ThisDay frames this as an "industrialisation blueprint," suggesting a more structured policy document, while Punch's account is a shorter summary of the governor's stated priorities. Neither report yet details specific policies, funding sources, timelines or targeted sectors, nor how the plan would be implemented or measured — details likely to emerge as the administration rolls out its second-term agenda.