BREAKING: Tinubu Approves International Upgrade Of Ibadan Airport

President Bola Tinubu has granted approval for the Alakia Airport in Ibadan to be upgraded to international status.

Eko Hot Blog reports that this was announced by Oyo State Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde on Wednesday.

“The President has graciously approved my request for the upgrade of Ibadan Airport” Makinde said in a video posted on the X handle of an Oyo based news medium @Oyoaffairs.

Recall that the 9th Senate had urged the Federal Ministry of Aviation and other relevant authorities to upgrade the Ibadan Domestic Airport Alakia to the status of an international airport.

The resolutions followed the presentation of the motion sponsored by Sen. Balogun Ademola (PDP-Oyo South) during plenary on “The need to upgrade the Airport with modern facilities”.

The motion was co-sponsored by 37 senators.

Moving the motion, Ademola said that there was the need for the upgrade of the airport with modern facilities because of the potential of Ibadan to attract economic development both locally and internationally.

“Hosting an international airport in Ibadan will propel the tourist sector and provide a communication link which is vital between different groups of people involved within the region.

“The upgrade will also attract foreign investments to the region and ultimately increase the gross domestic product of Nigeria.”

Supporting the motion, Sen. Francis Fadahunsi noted that the airport was built in 1983 saying that since then, it had never been upgraded.

“Ibadan as the south-west headquarters with a population of about six million will be able to attract international focus when the airport is upgraded.

“We are pleading for massive support of the Senate that Ibadan airport should be upgraded into an international standard to attract foreign investors into the country,” he said.

The then President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan referred the motion to the Senate Committee on Aviation for further legislative action after unanimous approval of the motion.

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