The National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Bolaji Asiwaju Tinubu has said that there is no
need for an airport in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State.
Tinubu stated this at the seventh
convocation ceremony of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUA).
Tinubu, the Sultan of Sokoto,
Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, the Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, Igwe Nnaemeka
Achebe and Professor Anthony Olusegun Adegbulugbe, were conferred with honorary
degrees at the event.
Tinubu told the event host, Chief
Afe Babalola, Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and other dignitaries
that the State does not need an airport.
There have been ongoing plan to
build an airport in Ado-Ekiti a plan that the state has been working on for
years leading to the inauguration of an eight-man committee to oversee its
construction.
The past administration failed to
bring the project to fruition and Governor Fayemi has sought to continue the
push.
Chief Afe Babalola is said to be
the one pushing for the project as he allegedly feels a need for the airport
because of his university.
But speaking at the convocation
ceremony, Tinubu told the audience that there is clearly no need for an airport
in Ado-Ekiti.
The former Lagos Governor added
that building one in the city would amount to a waste of the state’s scarce
resources.
Tinubu pointed out that the
functional airport in Akure, the capital of Ondo State will fulfill the air
transport needs of residents of Ekiti state, as well as visitors to the state.
According to Tinubu, what the
Ekiti State should do is to push for the fixing of the Akure-Ado-Ekiti Road
because an airport in Akure will effectively serve both states.
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