Olu of Ilaro Indicts Factories in Ogun West of Not Giving Anything Back to Host Communities

The Olu of Ilaro, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, has accused manufacturing plants springing up in Yewaland of being a liability instead of a blessing to the people of Ogun West.

According to him, the companies have failed to meet their statutory corporate responsibility or give anything back to their host communities in Yewaland.

The paramount ruler also accused the Federal Government of turning Yewaland into an exploitative field due to the huge mineral deposits in the area.

The monarch stated this in a message to the Yewaland economic summit, held as part of the 2023 edition of the Yewa festival last weekend in Ilaro.

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He laments the infrastructural decadence, environmental pollution, and non-provision of much-needed jobs for youths despite the proliferation of factories in the Ogun West.

He cited the case of the Dangote Group, which refused to maintain infrastructure across Yewaland despite the damage to roads in the area by its heavy-duty trucks.

Oba Olugbenle also cited the N350 million Dangote CRS annual fund voted for projects in Yewaland, which has not improved over a long time.

The monarch also said the N150 million education grant floated by the Dangote Foundation could not be accessed by the indigenes of Yewaland uphill now.

The monarch said Yewaland deserves to be treated as an important economic and cultural frontier of the South-West region.