‘It’ll boost commerce, tourism’ — Sirika inaugurates cargo airport in Ekiti | TheCable
Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation says the newly inaugurated Ekiti Airport will open up the state to partake actively in global commerce and tourism if fully harnessed and managed.
The inauguration followed the landing of the first flight, ATR 42 Nigeria air force plane, piloted by E.A. Balogun.airport is expected to boost the export of agricultural produce, service educational and health institutions as well as abundant tourism potential in the state.He described the Ekiti airport as “an extremely important project” which would, in turn, facilitate the import and export of goods and commodities.
“35 percent of global trade by value is moved through airports and $18.6 billion of cargo is moved daily through air transportation. The wealthy among you should take agriculture for example and begin to produce things that you will export to other parts of the world.“You can be land-locked, but you cannot be sky-locked. We can all see the importance of having a facility like this. Thank you Mr. governor, you have provided this facility for the people of Ekiti state; they should own it.
The airport which is along Ijan-Ado road in the state capital marked the last project inaugurated for use by the administration of Fayemi.
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