Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has slammed stakeholders of Oodua Investment Group for killing the group with their selfish interests.

The governor was quoted as making this remark while playing host to the top management of the organisation in his office in Ado Ekiti recently.

A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, and made available to journalists on Tuesday, quoted the governor as saying that selfish interests of key players in the Oodua Investment Group had led to its dwindling fortunes.

He called on the new leadership to make frantic efforts to re-position the group and ensure the problems bedeviling it were tackled headlong.

Earlier, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Adewale Raji, explained to the governor that the Group had experienced a great deal of stagnation and there was the necessity to reposition the organisation for a bright future.

He noted that a five-year plan had been mapped out to include manufacturing, community based mechanised agriculture and skill acquisition programmes, among others, to serve as platforms for empowerment and employment for the people.

The GMD/CEO who disclosed that the 40,000 hectares of land available to the organisation (10,000 of which is in Ekiti state) would be put to productive use for further development.