The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Dr. Adeyeye Enitan
Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), on Tuesday 12th July 2016 at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a US based company 'SpringPort
Technological Group' to build a Technology, Media City and Agriculture
Incubation Hub in the town.
According to a release sgned by Moses Olafare, director of
Media and Public Affairs, his huge investment came barely two weeks to the
return of the Ooni from the USA where he had earlier visited to seek
involvement of Africans in Diaspora in his peace and unity agenda and solicit
their support for the continent on developmental projects in agriculture,
tourism, infrastructure and youth development.
With the MoU, the technological hub worth $1.4bn in its
first phase, is expected to facilitate massive employment of youths in Ile-Ife.
After the MoU was signed, the start-up phase for master plan was to begin with
investors in London and Asia.
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