{
  "id": 20100225,
  "title": "OBR: Making Ogun Work Better for Businesses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/obr-making-ogun-work-better-for-businesses",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T02:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/15/obr-making-ogun-work-better-for-businesses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ogun Business Roundtable (OBR) is a platform formed by business leaders from various sectors in Ogun State, aiming to engage constructively with the government to address operational challenges and improve the state's business environment. This group, consisting of professionals from trade, academia, media, health, and law, is addressing the question of how the state can enhance the ease of doing business. Ogun State, known as Nigeria’s Educational Capital, boasts over 20 accredited universities and has the highest number of private universities in the country, contributing to a significant influx of people during academic sessions. Despite its economic potential, Ogun faces several challenges in attracting businesses, such as infrastructure deficits, power supply issues, land documentation and acquisition problems, poor urban planning, and insecurity. OBR, led by Chairman Ayodele Aderinwale, positions itself as a think tank that can influence government policies and improve the operational environment for businesses. Its core objective is to engage with the government non-confrontationally and non-partisanly to enhance the state's ease of doing business. The group seeks to influence policy coherence through evidence-based reviews and recommendations, catalyze public and private collaboration, facilitate investment flows into productive sectors, and promote transparency in government operations.",
  "summary": "Comprising business leaders and professionals from different sectors, the Ogun Business Roundtable (OBR) is positioning itself as a platform for constructive engagement between the private sector and government. Vanessa Obioha reports that",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}