Cargo Airport to employ 25,000 youths on completion, says Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport project when completed would create jobs for about 25,000 unemployed youths in the state.

He added that the airport comes with other developmental initiatives that would be situated at the aerotropolis, like the Special Agro Processing Zone (SAPZ).

The cargo airport is a mega airport project conceptualised to create needed infrastructure to boost the exportation of agricultural and non-agricultural goods and reinvigorate social, economic activities, which will subsequently increase revenue generation drive of the state.

Meanwhile, while inspecting the first successfully converted diesel/petrol buses to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the governor said his administration is currently looking at how to convert close to 2000 buses at the expense of the state government.

Abiodun also added that the abundance of gas in the state is a major factor that would aid the successful transition.

“Luckily, in Ogun State, we have abundance of gas. So, today, these buses have been successfully converted. The plan is to first convert the state-owned buses and then begin the conversation of all mass transit buses that are owned by the private sector.

“Alongside with that, within the next two to three weeks, we will be launching our e-mobility programme aimed at swapping all our petrol-dependent motorcycles and tricycles with electricity-powered ones.