The Ire Burnt Bricks Factory in Ire-Ekiti, Ekiti State, will begin full production in September, Raji Adewale, the new group managing director of the company, has disclosed.
The factory, which was moribund for more than 20 years until the Fayemi-led government came on board and revived it in 2013, will also be commissioned in October to commence commercial production.
The factory has commenced recruitment of about 1,000 direct workers for full-scale production next month, Adewale said.
Speaking when he visited Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ado Ekiti, he assured that the factory would be properly managed so that it could develop and take over the burnt bricks market in Nigeria.
Fayemi, however, charged the management of O’dua Investment Company to ensure that the recently resuscitated Ire Burnt Bricks Factory was run as a business concern rather as a charity organisation, saying the factory should not be seen as a charity organisation that will be making free donation of blocks to governmental agencies.
The governor asserted that his administration was committed to leaving behind a functional profitable business that will add value to the people.
While congratulating the new group managing director on his appointment, he opined that the new manager would be placed on better footing in the interest of the people of the owner states, as Odua Investment was not a political programme but a business and development initiative driven by professionalism.
REMI FEYISIPO
