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A renowned investment banker and owner of five airports including Gatwick, Edinburg as well as Nuovo Transporto Viagiatori, Adebayo Ogunlesi have commended Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration for building a world-class airport in the state.

Ogunlesi, who is also the Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, gave this commendation in an interview with newsmen shortly after he was conducted around the Gateway International Agro Cargo Airport, located along Iperu-Ilisan road in Ikenne Local Government Area by Governor Abiodun, on Friday.

He described it as the fastest airport to be constructed anywhere in the world.

“The place is fantastic, I was telling the governor that I have never heard of any airport constructed so fast. In fact, when he told me, I had to bow because I have never heard of an airport built in two years and the concept, the idea, the location and the strategic nature of this airport are fantastic.

“These are exactly the things we need in Nigeria, this is what will take Nigeria forward to the next century and beyond.

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“I am ecstatic because as the governor mentioned, the government’s role is to facilitate the development of the airport, the government has no interest in running airports. There are people whose businesses are to run airports, so we get it built, we get it financed”, he pointed out.

According to the investor, the airport built to international standard, is capable of taking any size of the plane, noting that “the governor said once we get it built, we will find somebody who is in the business of running airport to come and manage it professionally and by the way, they will pay taxes to the government, so that will be good, that is the way things should be done.

“Think about the strategic location, right in the middle of Ogun State with access to two critical super highways, think about all of the industrial facilities that can be built around this airport, all the jobs that will be created, I think Mr Governor is visionary”, Ogunlesi added.

https://businessday.ng/news/article/cargo-airport-ogunlesi-commends-the-abiodun-administration-for-building-a-world-class-airport/

Who else rushed in to see the world class airport?

Who else rushed in to see the world class airport?

Where is the said airport

Mad people

He is just sarcastically mocking the 'cownor'.

Wow!

Adebayo Ogunlesi.

That is a legend there.

Also the son of the First Nigerian Professor of Medicine, Prof Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi who passed away this year.

kozmokaz:
Who else rushed in to see the world class airport?

Me too. The man just dey whine the governor.

Solsix:
Me too. The man just dey whine the governor.

Honestly!

The man was either drunk or making fun of the governor. So the sign in front of which they posed for a group picture is the airport?

All these people would never tell our political leaders the truth .
Is that what your own Gatwick looks like ?
Dey play o

Which World class Airport ??
The Poutry is just 5 minutes drive from my office.