Governor Seyi Makinde today will flag off the construction work for the upgrade of the Ibadan Airport, Alakia to an international airport.
The commencement comes a few weeks after the inauguration of an 11-man committee headed by former Commissioner for Finance, Bimbo Adekanmbi to oversee the delivery of the project.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government had earlier granted Oyo government the approval to upgrade the facility after several projects towards attaining the vision to turn around the facility for the state’s economic benefits.
Governor Makinde had during the inauguration of the committee on July 30, noted that the upgrade of the airport would support his administration’s drive to expand the economy of the state through agribusiness.
He noted: “The decision to convert our existing local airport into an international airport was not a hasty one; we are not engaged in a let-me-do-this-because-other-governors-are-doing-it-competition.
“This is a well-thought-out decision based on science, logic and data. This vision is already four years old and we laid the groundwork in our first tenure. We have completed the 500,000-litre aviation fuel storage and dispensing facility, which has been concessioned to the Bovas Group.
“We have also upgraded part of the facilities which increased the number of airlines including Ibadan in their flight schedules.”
