Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Pastor Kola Oluwawole has revealed that Governor Ayodele Fayose is considering building an airport in the state to attract investors and foreign partners.
Oluwawole said this when the executive members of the Aeronautical Information Services Association of Nigeria (AISAN), led by their president, Mr. Shittu Babatunde aid a courtesy visit to the Assembly complex.
According to a statement by Oluwawole’s media aide, Stephen Gbadamosi, he said “Your visit to Ekiti State is timely. Over the past weeks, I have been involved in discussions where the Executive governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, repeatedly expressed the desire to have an airport established in the state.
“I also remember him telling the commissioner for lands and housing to begin the process of carrying out an area survey of the state to establish where is suitable to site a airport in the state. I also know of prominent citizens of the state who are concerned about the development of the state that have similar thinking.
“Possession of an airport will open Ekiti State to the outside world. This dream, by God’s grace, will become a reality in the life of the Fayose-led government.”
President of AISAN, Babatunde also commended the“noble and unique efforts of the state governor and the House of Assembly in pursuit and actualisation of the reform agenda of the Ekiti State government as it pertains to safety, road construction, rural development, youth empowerment and so on.”