Wed Apr 07 2021
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika may have sought approval for a N2 billion grant from the presidency and to site the Ogun airport project at Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, it was learnt yesterday.
The state governor, Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun have disagreed over the airport project and its location.
While Abiodun prefers an Agro-Allied Cargo airport, located at Ilishan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area, Amosun is pushing for a passenger airport at Wasimi.
Findings by Daily Trust indicated that Sirika in 2018 made a request to President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of a passenger airport in Wasimi in May 2018.