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No Need For Airport In Ekiti- APC National Leader,Tinubu

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5 years ago

Oct 26, 2019.

– APC national leader said that there was no need for an Airport in Ekiti
– 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 former Lagos Governor added that building one in the city would amount to a waste of the state’s scarce resources

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that there is no need for an airport in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State but the functional airport in Akure, the capital of Ondo State will fulfill the air transport needs of residents of the state.
Tinubu made this known 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.
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.
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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.
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.