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IBADAN AIRPORT UPGRADE: OGUNJOBI CONGRATULATES IBADAN, LAUDS MAKINDE'S EFFORTS


 The people of Ibadan have been congratulated for the approval of President Tinubu for the upgrade of Ladoke Akintola Airport, formerly Ibadan Airport to international status.

The congratulatory message was made by Chief Abiodun Samuel Ogunjobi, popularly known as Te-Sojue.

According to Ogunjobi, who is the Asiwaju of Oje land, when completed, the Ibadan Airport will have a positive impact on commerce, economic activities and development in the region. It will also help decongest Muritala Mohammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos.

“Economic activities and businesses around the Airport area in Alakia, Ibadan will also be enhanced.”

In his message, he also extolled the achievement of the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde in getting the approval of the President for the upgrade of the airport. It will complement the penchant of the governor for infrastructural development and urban renewal.


Investment in infrastructure, Ogunjobi said, is a lifetime investment and leaves a legacy for generations unborn.

The chief also noted that, all the regional capitals of old, Ibadan is about the only one without an international airport, and it is the only one that is not yet a state. These Ibadan people yearn for. Haven achieved one of the two, Te-Sojue prayed that Governor Makinde achieves the other landmark.

Ibadan Airport (IATA: IBA, ICAO: DNIB) is an airport serving Ibadan, the capital of the Oyo State of Nigeria. It was commissioned by Joseph Wayas, a former senate president of Nigeria, in June 1982.

The airport serves as the only other link, apart from Lagos, in the whole of South West Nigeria to other parts of the world.

Chief Abiodun Ogunjobi is a notable PDP leader in Ibadan North East Local Government area and holds the traditional title of Asiwaju of Oje land.

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