This, he said, informed the decision of the state government to engage the services of a renowned Airport Facility Manager for the management and operation of the new airport ahead of the commencement of scheduled commercial flight operations.
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The Governor also expressed delight that the economy of the state has recorded significant improvement in the past two-and-a-half years, promising to do more in order to ensure a more sustainable development of the state and better living standard for the people.
Senator Bamidele confirmed this in Ado- Ekiti on Monday while flying back to Abuja after the stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress chapter of Ekiti Central Senatorial District.
Keyamo who landed at the Ekiti airport around 5.15pm on Monday and was welcomed with a water salute, said he was at the airport on a fact finding mission.
This is coming barely a month after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, granted approval for non- scheduled flight operations at the airport for a period of six months.
In a statement on Friday, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, lauded the State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, for the development, describing him as a promise-keeper.
The NCAA, in a letter dated December 11, 2024 and addressed to Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, said the approval of the non-scheduled operations under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) at the airport is for a period of six months- December 15, 2024 to June 15, 2025.
Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Iidowu Adelusi, on Wednesday, the governor said the claim by Adebayo in Abuja on Tuesday that the airstrip project was ill-timed was borne out of malice because the former governor failed to utiilise the opportunity given him by the people of the state by executing projects he (Adebayo) could be remembered for