Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has said an airport cannot be sited at Wasinmi, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Governor mentioned that Wasinmi has the largest cement factories in the country, saying that the cement “factories are emitting dust particles and pollutants into the sky.”
Abiodun explained that his government would resume the construction of an agro-cargo airport abandoned by Former Governor Gbenga Daniel at Ilishan Remo in 2007, ignoring the one he claimed was initiated by his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun, in Wasinmi.
Abiodun said what the state needed at this time is an agro-cargo airport and not a passenger airport.
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Nigeria has lost the West African air market to Ghana as today no Nigerian airline is operating to destinations such as Accra, Abidjan, Dakar, Freetown, Monrovia and the Gambia.
Industry operatives told THISDAY that the aforementioned routes used to be lucrative for Nigerian airlines, where they generate dollar revenue and were known as low hanging fruits.
Since international flights started on September 5, last year, no Nigerian airline has been operating to any of the aforementioned routes, which are currently dominated by Ghana-based African World Airlines (AWA), Asky, Air Senegal and others.
Along with the loss of these air travel market are also businesses that were dominated by Nigerians but today, with the influx of Chinese into retail trade in the West Coast and the entrance of South African investors, Nigeria has lost huge market in the sub-region.
Lagos airportAccess Bank Group Managing Director, Hubert Wigwe (left); Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele; Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Managing Director of Allied Air, Capt. Val Tongo, and Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Nuhu, during the reception of the newly-acquired B737-800SF in Abuja recently.
Nigerian cargo airline, Allied Air, has acquired a Boeing 737-800 freighter jet, much to the satisfaction of the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, among others.
The new acquisition puts the IATA designated cargo airline atop other freight operators on the continent. The airline is also the first cargo airline in Africa to attain the IOSA certificate and has continued to renew it since 2016.
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The gains of concessioning Asaba International Airport Okowa
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By Festus Ahon
THE International lounge of the Asaba International Airport hosted prominent Deltans, top Government functionaries and investors Tuesday as the Airport was concessioned to a master concessionaire (FIDC-Menzies Consortium, now incorporated as Asaba Airport Company Limited) and sub-concessionaires of technical partners with a designated area of investment for 30 years by the State Government after five years of rigorous and painstaking exercise.
Among the sub-concessionaires is Air Peace airline which has the mandate of the anchor airline with the construction and operation of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the airport. Multiflight Cargo and Logistics will manage the cargo aspect and its development. Arbico Construction Company will develop the Business Park, Hotel and Convention Centre; Rainoil Limited and Cybernetics Limited are to develop tank farm and aviation