Tinubu not opposed to Ekiti cargo airport ― Aide

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu has described as erroneous reports that he is opposed to the ongoing construction of a cargo airport in Ekiti state.

Apparently referring to a media report quoting him to have opposed the construction while speaking during the recent convocation ceremony of Are Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Tinubu said he was not opposed to the cargo airport because its potential to aid the development of Ekiti state.

Tinubu, in a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, on Sunday, explained that what he spoke against was creating another main airport in Ekiti since there was already another one in neighbouring Akure, Ondo state.

Tinubu added that he had to condemn the tardy services at the Akure airport whereby planes could not land at 8 am because some key navigational officers had not reported for duty at that time.

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He described the report as clearly misinformed or deliberately out to create mischief and cause disaffection between Tinubu and the authorities working on the cargo airport.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Asiwaju Tinubu is not opposed to the cargo airport being developed in Ekiti because of its potential to aid the development of the state through rapid movement of agricultural products, goods and experts.

“What the APC leader is opposed to and in fact spoke against in Ado-Ekiti is creating another main airport since there is already one in neighbouring Akure in Ondo state. This bears restating in order to put the record straight.

“Asiwaju also condemned the tardy services at the Akure airport whereby planes could not land at 8 am because some key navigational officers had not reported for duty at that business hour, promising to take the matter up with the appropriate authorities.

“The authors of that fake report were either clearly misinformed or deliberately out to create mischief and cause disaffection between Asiwaju and the authorities working on the cargo airport or perhaps to use Asiwaju’s good name as an alibi to scuttle the plans for the cargo airport,” the statement read.