After lambasting President Muhammadu Buhari for
trip to China, Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has
also travelled to China to attend the country’s
119th Import and Export Fair, also known as the
Canton Fair.
The event, scheduled for April 14 and 19, will be
staged in Guangzhou.
Justifying the trip, the governor’s media aide, Lere
Olayinka, said on Tuesday that Mr. Fayose had
before now travelled out of the country only twice
since he assumed office in October 2014, saying his
trip to China, which was planned six months ago,
would be his third travel outside Nigeria.
Mr. Olayinka argued that his principal’s trip to
China was different from that of the President
because Mr. Buhari’s trip was aimed at borrowing
$2 billion, while the governor would use his to
secure partnership with prospective Chinese
Investors and technical experts without committing
the state to any loan.
He said the governor would hold talks with
prospective investors on mechanised farming,
experts in skill acquisition, particularly training in
the area of perfect finishing in building construction
as well as experts in auto-repairs and modern
technologies.
According to him, the Canton Fair, held biannually
in Guangzhou every spring and autumn, with a
history of 59 years since 1957, attracts various types
of business activities such as economic and technical
cooperation and exchanges.
Mr. Olayinka said apart from the scheduled bilateral
talks on agriculture, Governor Fayose would also
take advantage of the Canton Fair to hold talks with
technical experts on training and technological
exchange programmes for artisans in the State as
part of his plan to get technical support for the
proposed Artisans Village to be built in Ado-Ekiti,
the state capital.
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