Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday
commissioned Gossy Water Production plant, signalling the commencement of full
scale production of the popular table water brand, a year after the parent
company was liquidated, reports ITREALMS.
The entire Ikogosi was tuned into a carnival as both
the young and the old trooped to the major streets as early as 6.00am singing
and dancing in celebration of the return of the company.
Governor Fayemi who led other dignitaries to
commission the plant, said it was regrettable that the Gossy Water Company which
could have been generating revenues for the State went moribund due to lack of
conducive environment for ease of doing business in Ekiti State after he left
office in 2014.
The Governor recalled that the bottling company was
established as a joint business venture under Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the first
civilian Governor of the State and the investment “made waves in the market
thereby boosting the IGR of the State and creating job opportunities for the
citizens”.
He described the revitalisation of the company as another
milestone in the state government’s determined efforts to revive moribund
projects in Ekiti State.
“I am particularly excited about this development
because of its expected multiplier effects on the economic lives of the people
and governance in the State. I therefore congratulate Ekiti kete, home and
abroad, for the restoration of this company which is an offshoot of one of our
most prominent tourist attractions, the Ikogosi Warm Springs”, he said.
While lamenting the neglect of the tourism corridors
of Ekiti State by the last administration, the governor said Ikogosi resort has
now become “a ghost of its former self and hardly enjoys patronage because of
its state of dilapidation”.
Dr Fayemi, however, assured that his administration
would soon revive the warm spring resort, through private sector investment,
and restore it to its pride of place as
a first class tourist destination in Africa, with
While promising that his government would ensure an
enabling environment for businesses to thrive, the governor said his administration
has mapped out strategic plans towards the resuscitation of other abandoned and
moribund investments in the State.
The governor commended one of the leaders of Ekiti
socio-cultural group, Ugbimo Ure Ekiti, Sir Remi Omotoso for playing a key role
in ensuring that the Gossy Water Company returns and called on other Ekiti
indigenes to support government in moving the State forward.
In his speech, the Board Chairman of Gossy Warm
Spring, Mr Wole Adeyegbe expressed the readiness of the company to run the
Gossy brand profitably and extending the brand to related food and beverage segment.
Adeyegbe added that the company has employed Ekiti
indigenes, adding that it is planning to have at least 300 of its direct and
indirect staff from the State.
Earlier, the Group Managing Director of Fountain
Holdings Ltd, Mr Seyi Ayeleso thanked Governor Fayemi for working with Benin
Electricity Distribution Company to restore power to Ikogosi Ekiti and its two neighbouring
communities; saying that this would help forestall a re-occurrence of power
challenge which was part of the reasons for its liquidation by its owner
company, UAC.Ayo Midele/Editor
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Pix: L-R: Ekiti State Deputy Governor; Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, former Managing Director Oodua Investment Company, Sir Remi Omotoso; Ekiti State Governor; Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Chairman of Gossy Warm Spring, Mr Wole Adeyegbe; the Company's Managing Director, Mrs Gbemisola Otun; and Oloye of Oye Ekiti, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju; during the commissioning of Gossy water production plant in Ikogosi-Ekiti…on Tuesday
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