Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended the Federal Government for its decision to halt the MKO Abiola International Airport project in the state.
had reported that as part of its second year anniversary, the Ademola Adeleke administration revealed that it was relocating the airport from Ido- Osun to Aisu in Ede South local government area of the state. On Tuesday, the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development announced that it was putting on hold the turning of the sod of the proposed airport in Ede pending the determination of some unresolved issues.
also reported that residents of Ido-Osun community had been protesting and demonstrating against the state government decision. The statement said, 'The unpopular relocation bid of the airport by the governor to his town has always been attracting negative comments from within and outside the shores of this country as no tenable reason could be adduced for the relocation of the airport other than an unfair desire to exhibit a wicked attribute of favouritism and nepotism.
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