Ekiti first Mechanical Village takes off soon.
The Commissioner for Investment, Trade and Industries, Chief David
Olusoga has assured the leadership of the National Automobile
Technicians Association (NATA) that the first Mechanical Village in
the state would take off soon in the state capital.
Chief Olusoga made the promise in his office, while receiving the
association’s executive committee members, led by its chairman, Mr.
Olusoji Olusegun and the South West Public Relations Officer (PRO),
Mr. Olasehinde Olubodun who were on an official visit.
The Commissioner, who reminded NATA leaders that the idea of a
Mechanical Village in the state evolved during the first term of
Governor Kayode Fayemi, assured that the project would be executed in
the shortest possible time.
He promised to visit the proposed site before the end of the week to
acquaint himself with the situation on ground as well as ascertaining
the level of encroachment on the land for necessary action.
Chief Olusoga said further that government would put in place
facilities that would make the village conducive for all the users,
calling on automobile technicians in the state to support the Governor
Fayemi-led government in order to meet the yearnings and aspirations
of the people.
He urged the artisans to form cooperative societies so as to benefit
from the government loan facility that would be rolled out soon, which
would be given out through organized channels for ease of recovery.
Briefing the visitors, the Director of Investment in the ministry, Mr.
Ayodele Adeyanju, who was represented by the officer in charge of the
village, Mr. Busuyi Adesanya said that part of the land has been
encroached while another vast area of land was allocated along
Ikere-Ekiti to accommodate Automobile Market, Mechanical Village and
Auto Spare Parts Shops by the immediate past government with an
approval of ₦100 million earth work which was never released.
In their remarks, the State Chairman of NATA, Mr. Olusoji Olusegun and
its South West PRO, Mr. Olasehinde Olubodun appealed to the government
to make the place useable and facilitate the immediate movement of
their members to the site, adding that this would be of tremendous
advantage to its members, the government and the people of the state.
While congratulating Governor Fayemi on his emergence as the Chairman
of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum, NATA leadership promised its
continued support for the administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi to
deliver more dividend of democracy to Ekiti people.
