Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said the agro-allied cargo airport under construction will be opened before his tenure expires in October.
Fayemi, who spoke yesterday after an inspection tour of the airport and other projects in Ado- Ekiti, said he was delighted at the level of work done at the airport, and confident that the project will be delivered before he left office.
He added that various legacy projects of his administration were designed to completely change the character of the state by turning it to an economic zone.
The governor added that the idea of knowledge zone was about using knowledge for wealth creation in the drive to turn the state to a destination of choice for innovation and creativity, startup activities, talent city for engineers and medical tourism in line with the Afe Babalola multi-systems hospital.
According to Fayemi, the airport’s 3.2km runway was built with the capacity to accommodate all types of aircraft. He added that the airport will also have facilities for the Air Force to operate, as well as for maintenance and associated engineering components.
He added: “This is a routine visit again both to the knowledge zone and the international cargo airport, and I am here with one of our private sector partners, Managing Director of Axxess International, Cavista, Mr. John Olajide and his team, they are collaborating with us on the private sector aspect of this.
“The runway is completely done, the terminal building is progressing, and from what the project manager has just told me, they are still on course to completing this in September and just in time before we exit, but whatever is left, I have no fear again, I know the incoming administration wioll continue at pace with the vision that we’ve espoused for this.
“This is going to change the character of this state completely, and it’s going to make this a special economic zone that is linked to the knowledge zone, almost an Aerotropolis of all range of facilities.”
Other projects visited by the governor included the Knowledge Zone, Harding Memorial College and one of the just completed Secretariat complexes that is billed for commissioning before the end of his administration.
