From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure
A business development expert, Dr Victor Oritedi, has said that the Ondo State economy will be one of the largest in the West Africa sub-region if effectively managed.
Oritedi stated this while receiving his letter of nomination as Ondo State Business Personality of the Year from the organisers of the Ondo State Enterprise and Leadership award, the African Impact Magazine.
According to the coordinator of the event, Asiwaju Yinka Richards, the event is a convergence of entrepreneurs in the state where issues bothering on the state’s economy, leadership and other related issues will be discussed.
Oritedi opined that the solution to the state’s economic challenges is to develop a blue print for economic development where small scale enterprise will drive the economy and create more job opportunities in the state.
The business strategist, who is also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the state’s economy is one of the largest in West Africa, taking into consideration its vast deposit of resources.
He said investors from across the world should be encouraged to tap into the resources and maximise them for the economic development of the state.
He stated that only a visionary leader with economic expertise can develop a frame work for development as witnessed in Lagos under the leadership of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Oritedi who is nursing governorship ambition in the state, promised to open up and engage the economy through entrepreneurship if considered by the people to govern them.