Tinubu approves upgrade of Ibadan airport
The Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has approved the move to upgrade the Ibadan Domestic Airport, Alakia, to an international airport,,as the Oyo State Government disclosed that it has completed the 500,000-litre aviation fuel storage and dispensing facility, which has been concessioned to Bovas Group.
Penpushing reports that Governor Seyi Makinde made this development known in a short video clip making the rounds on social media, stressing that the President has graciously approved his(Makinde) request to upgrade the airport
The Governor in his newsletter on Thursday, explained that upon completion of the airport upgrade, which will include the expansion and extension of the runway and the general upgrade of the facilities, the state will begin to receive international flights from anywhere in the world into Ibadan.
‘The President has graciously approved my request for the upgrade of Ibadan Airport to an international airport. This is not a hasty decision. Neither are we simply trying to start a project because others are doing the same. This is a well-thought-out decision based on data, science and logic,”
Penpushing further reports that Makinde disclosed that his administration has equally upgraded part of the facilities at the airport, which led to new airlines like Green Africa and Air Peace including Ibadan in their flight schedules
“We have also upgraded part of the facilities at the airport, which led to new airlines like Green Africa and Air Peace including Ibadan in their flight schedules. It is a fact of history that Ibadan is a nodal city, where traders arrived with their caravans. I always remember this when I think of the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam with their byline “See, Buy, Fly”, he stated
Penpushing also reports that the Special Assistant on social media to the President, Segun Dada, noted that the Ibadan airport had never been upgraded since it was built in 1982, adding that it is expected to be upgraded with modern facilities because of the state’s potential to attract economic development, stressing that this in turn, will catalyse the GDP growth of the region and country.
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