June 25, (THEWILL) – Former Ogun State Governor and the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has hailed Governor Dapo Abiodun for the conclusion of the Gateway International Agro-Cargo airport project in the state.
Daniel, who was speaking at an event organised by members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Chapter, on Tuesday, tagged: “Dialogue With Journalists”, praised Abiodun for finishing the construction of the airport-approved during his administration in 2008.
The ex-governor, while advocating for the continuity of abandoned projects including Olokola Deep Seaport and Ogun Guandoung in Igbesa, urged successive governments not to abandon projects of previous administrations due to political rivalry for the development of the state.
He said governors are owners of any projects whether state or federal, insisting that for any project to succeed it required the efforts of the sitting governor to make the dream a reality for the benefit of the people in the state
The Senator said, “I will continue to praise the governor for continuing as far as that airport project is concerned, and by the special grace of God aircraft have started landing in Ogun State, somebody is asking who started the project is not important who started it, but if you are in Ogun State you must know the history not that airport project, I don’t want to waste your time to be talking about who started it, the proper thing is that we are happy, that finally that airport project is being concluded.
“But if you need to have information, I can inform you that the approval for which that airport is being built was obtained in 2008. Still on abandoned projects, Olokola, Ogun Guangdong, the owner of the projects, all the projects is the governor even the federal project belongs to that governor”, he added
Earlier, the state Chairman of NUJ, Comrade Wale Olanrewaju, asked the former governor to allow peace reign following the rift between him and the incumbent governor over who started the airport project.
