Editor’s Diary: EXPOYO 2024–How Ademola Ojo’s Grassroots Experience Broke 15yr Jinx In Oyo
Ademola Ojo’s visionary leadership since becoming the Commissioner for Trade, Investment, Industry and Cooperative in Oyo state has been a catalyst for transformative change within the Ministry and the commerce landscape, and positioning it as Governor Saying Makinde’s engine room for economic growth and development. Otunba Ojo’s strategic initiatives and commitment to engender a business-friendly environment and help Governor Makinde’s economic expansion agenda come alive through integration of informal sector operators into the taxable net of the formal sector have not only recorded tremendous success and cooperation of stakeholders but has also propelled the state towards becoming a hub for commerce and innovation. An event which first held in 1983 was soon to be abandoned by successive government afterwards until 2009 when the international trade fair held again. It only required the vision and foresight of the Ibarapa born commissioner for trade, Otunba Ademola Ojo backed by a pra