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OGUN CARGO AIRPORT: OUR DECISION IS OBJECTIVE AND BASED ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA – ABIODUN
OGUN CARGO AIRPORT: OUR DECISION IS OBJECTIVE AND BASED ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA – ABIODUN
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said the decision to embark on the construction of the cargo airport in Ilishan-Remo is an objective decision taken based on the economic development agenda of his Administration to have a cargo airport that fully complements agro value chain investments in the State.
Prince Dapo Abiodun, who made this known during an on-the-spot assessment of work done on the 2.3km access road to the cargo airport in the State, said that the proposal for the cargo airport which was conceived in 2007, had all necessary environmental impact assessment and other regulatory assessments.
“This was not a decision that was taken for any other reason except that which is objective. Our thinking was based on our economic development agenda which is to have a cargo airport that fully complements agro value chain investments in the State.
“This project has since been conceived in 2007. All necessary approvals were gotten in 2008, and all environmental impact assessment as well as other regulatory requirements have been met 100%. All we had to do was brush them up to ensure that they met with current realities,” he said.
Governor Abiodun, while noting that his Administration opted to go with the cargo airport proposal from 2007 because it would help his Administration co-locate the Special agro-processing zone in the area, added that because of the zone, his Administration has renamed the cargo airport city an heteropolis, because it would afford the State factories where raw materials can be turned into final products for export.
The state helmsman, who added that the cargo airport would be complemented with the first international testing centre where goods would be evaluated for export, said the commencement of a cargo airport in the area would help the siting of the testing centre in the area.
“More importantly, we bidded for the African Development Bank, AfDB’s special agro-processing zone and in that bid document, we chose this location to co-locate the special agro-processing zone here. Because of that, we have now renamed this place an heteropolis, meaning a complete airport city, because it has the airport and the special agro-processing zone. We will also have factories here that will turn them from raw materials into finished products ready for export.
“The AFROEXIM Bank has begun the construction of the first African International Testing Centre here in Sagamu; that is, a centre where items for export would be evaluated and approved for export, so a cargo airport here is just very convenient and economically wise,” he said.
Abiodun, while noting that the project which had already begun before the Senate Committee on Aviation came to the State, affirmed that the first phase of the cargo airport would be completed by May, 2022.
“This project had begun way before the Aviation Committee came here. It was not the other way round. In line with our economic development agenda, we had an airport as part of our key enablers, and we have begun the airport. As a matter of fact, in line with our plans, this first phase of the airport will be completed by May, 2022. The work was already in progress and the coming of the Senate Committee was incidental,” he said.
Appeal Court Removes MC Oluomo, Reinstate Baruwa
The Appeal Court in Abuja has announced Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as the lawful President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW).
It can be recalled that Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, was days ago inaugurated as NURTW president.
The recent decision came after the court reviewed and upheld an earlier ruling by the National Industrial Court.
The initial judgment, delivered on March 11, 2024, recognized Baruwa as the rightful president of the union. However, an appeal was filed by Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin, Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, and their supporters. They argued against the Industrial Court’s decision but were unsuccessful in convincing the appellate court.
A three-member panel of justices, Hamma Akawu Barka, Nnamdi Dimgba, and Asmau Ojuolape Akanbi, ruled that the appeal lacked merit. The court declared Baruwa as the elected leader of NURTW and dismissed the challenge brought forward by MC Oluomo’s faction.
In addition to confirming Baruwa’s position, the Appeal Court ordered the appellants, who are supporters of MC Oluomo, to pay N100,000 as damages to the respondents.
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