Fed Government to designate Ogun cargo airport export terminal for non-oil products, says Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday, said that plans were in top gear by the Federal Government to designate the state’s Agro Cargo International Airport as export terminal for non-oil products.

The governor, who disclosed this during the fifth coronation anniversary and 60th birthday reception of the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, held in Sagamu, also noted that a dry port is on the verge of being located at Kajola.

He said that the dry port, which would be an inland container terminal, would enable business concerns in the state ship cargo directly from foreign countries to Kajola, adding that the development would also help to de-congest roads leading to Lagos ports.

Abiodun, who further disclosed that his administration was also working to have a logistics hub in Wasimi, said that the hub would enable exporters stock their containers and at the same time ship to their destinations.

The governor, who also informed the gathering that the agro cargo airport, which is 93 per cent completed, would be a viable transport and logistics hub.

Chief Economic Adviser and Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Okubadejo, who spoke on the state government’s initiative to attract investment into the state, said that the current administration had ensured the implementation of some of its policies, which he said, had made the state the investment destination of choice for investors.