The Ogun State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, KIKELOMO LONGE, has said the government would upgrade its industrial service centre at Onijanganjangan, Abeokuta in 2021, to promote the use of indigenous technology and boost the industrialization of the state.

LONGE disclosed this while defending her ministry’s budget proposal before the State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation.

She said the centre required urgent improvement to meet latest industrial technological advancements, which would enable the fabrication of machines and tools needed by various industries in the state.

The commissioner added that the upgrade will further create more jobs, boost the naira, as well as aid the country’s fast recovery from the negative effect of the coronavirus pandemic.