Osun Partners RLG Tech. To Start Phone Manufacturing In Ilesha

The State government of Osun state,
in partnership with RLG, a
multinational technology company
based in Ghana is to build a phone
manufacturing company in Ilesha,
0sun State.
The company which will begin
operations in the next couple of
weeks, and would produce various
devices for the local market and for
export.
According to the government of Osun,
the establishment of the phone
manufacturing company in the state is
to create employment opportunities for
youths in the state as well as make
telephone and related devices
affordable for the people.
It would also boost the nation’s
information Communications
Technology (ICT) industry as well as
afford more people, particularly in the
local areas opportunity to have access to
mobile phones.
Meanwhile, speaking at the year 2013
Nigerian Telecom Development Lecture
(NITDEL) in Lagos, Chief Executive
Officer (CEO), Airtel Nigeria, Segun
Ogunsanya, commended Governor Rauf
Aregbesola for setting up the modern
telecommunication and mobile devices
manufacturing company in the state.
The Airtel boss, who noted that
telecommunication has become a way of
life of people across the world, lauded
the vision of the Aregbesola government
in looking beyond the immediate by
making his government ICT-driven.
He equally lauded the governor for his
technological revolution in the
education sector with the pioneering e-
learning device called Opon-Imo.
According to him, there is no doubt that
the Governor of the State of Osun is one
of the best promoters of ICT in the
country adding “he has demonstrated
this with the Opon-Imo (the Tablet of
Knowledge) for the secondary school
students.”
“The manufacturing of phone in the
state is another huge boost for the
telecoms industry, the local production
of phone in Osun would certainly help a
large number of people to have access
to phones and other telecom devices
thereby expanding the state’s and the
nation’s ICT base.”
While saying that all should encourage
Governor Aregbesola to do more things
of what people want, Ogunsanya called
on government at all levels to help the
players in the telecom sector by creating
an enabling environment for the
development of ICT, particularly the
laying of fiber optic cables for the
expansion of the county’s broad band
infrastructure.
Ogunsanya said but for the robust
support being provided by the
governor, the RLG Company would not
have found the business environment
conducive enough to operate.
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