S-West govs open malls at former Daily Sketch space

Governors in the South West states, yesterday, gathered at the commissioning of two ultra-modern malls built by Odu’a Investment Limited.
While Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State was there, his counterparts from Osun, Ogun, Ekiti and Ondo states sent their representatives.
The mall now occupies the space used by the defunct Daily Sketch Newspapers, Dugbe, Ibadan.
While speaking at the ceremony, Governor Ajimobi said: “For us as an administration and you as a company, both of us with notable pedigree and heritage, today is another icing on our historic cake.”
Ajimobi who said the malls would provide 2,000 jobs noted that the vision to construct malls of this international class was conceived some years ago by the board and management of the company.
He said the vision of Odu’a Investment was to redefine business activities and improve the quality of lives in Ibadan and other neighboring states.
In his address, the Group Managing Director of O’dua Investment, Mr. Adebayo Jimoh said that the development of the malls was borne out of the need and demand by highly placed individuals in the South-West who spent time and money traveling to Lagos for shopping.
Also speaking, a former Chairman of Odua Investment, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi stressed the need for social and economic integration by all the Yoruba-speaking states so as to bring the South-West geo-political zone back to the path of development as it was in the days of the late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
The commissioning was well-attended by politicians, captains of industry and royal fathers from Yoruba land.

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