The management of Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services of the Nigeria Air Force Company has said that the Osun State airport project is very much on course.
This was as the state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, inspected the project to ascertain the state of the work done so far at the site on Wednesday evening.
Aregbesola said at the site during the inspection that his administration has the vision to use the project as one of the strategies to ignite economic development, given the fact that it has the capacity to attract foreign visitors and airline companies who are to bring aircrafts for maintenance works.
Despite the dwindling monthly allocation from the Federal Government purse to states, Aregbesola said the airport project embarked upon by his administration remains on course.
The Managing Director of Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services of the Nigeria Air Force Company, Air Vice Marshall Andy Tsakrin, in company with the new Managing Director, Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekenu, had earlier paid the governor a courtesy visit at the Government House in Osogbo.
The governor added that Osun State in engaging the services of the Nigeria Air Force will no doubt get one of the best airports in Nigeria that can compete favourable with other airports in the world in terms of architecture and technology when the MKO Abiola Airport is finally completed.
Aregbesola said his administration has the best of relationship with the management of the Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services and expressed the hope that the same will be extended by the new helmsman of the company.
On the emergency call centre built for the state by the Air Force, Aregbesola said politics has hampered the provision of short code to activate the centre.
He said: “It is unbelievable that during the last August 9 governorship election, some hoodlums dressed in army uniforms vandalised the emergency call centre here in Osogbo.”
Earlier, while introducing Jekenu, Tsakri applauded the humility and honesty of Governor Aregbesola in handling issues of the state.
Inspecting the MKO international airport runway, the project manager noted that it was with a lot of perseverance and hard work that the level of work had been achieved.
Accompanying the Governor on the inspection were the Deputy Governor, Grace Laoye-Tomori; the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti; Chief of Staff, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola; and others.
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