He said this during a facility inspection tour of Amo Farms in Akinyele Local Government and Awe town in Afijio Local Government Area of the state, on Monday.
This was contained in a press release by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, issued today.
The governor commended the effort of the company in promoting agribusiness and agriculture in the state despite the challenges posed by the unstable economy.
Makinde stressed that the state government is also ready to partner private investors under Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Such partnership, he said, is in order to derive the desired benefits and development for the people of the state as well as the government.
The governor maintained that Oyo State is the first in cassava and day-old chick productions throughout the country.
He also said he remained optimistic that the state would soon be number one in soya beans production as well.
He said: “Individuals are doing a lot under a very challenging environment here.
“So, what we have done is, we visited their locations, tried to understand the things the government can do deliberately to support the business and also to take us as a state to where we want to be.
“Right now, we are number one in cassava production in Nigeria. We want to be number one in soya bean production in Nigeria.
“Oyo State is number one in day-old chick production. So, we want to take that to livestock, but we cannot do it by leaving investors to carry all the investment alone. Now, we are saying we want to support.”
The governor described the facilities at the farms as world-class. He said his government would continue to encourage private investors through provision of good roads and incentives for the expansion of their business.
He equally ordered that palliative repairs be carried out on the road to the farm by Akinyele Local Government Area to ease transportation
Governor Makinde further assured that the rehabilitation of the road would be included in the 2024 Budget.
He added that the government would support in the area of power supply to ensure reduction in the cost of production to make the investment and the state competitive among others.
