Gateway Airport Will Boost Tourism In The State – National Association Of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA) Ogun State Coordinator, Wale Dada The Good

By: Aishat Ajoke

Ogun State chapter of National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), has assured that the newly built Gateway Airport will further boost Tourism activities in the state.

While congratulating Ogun state government and the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, MFR on the commencement of official flight operation in the state, Wale Dada described the development as a ‘right step in the right direction’, emphasizing that, it as a ‘boost’ for Tourism as well as Economic transformation in the state.

Prince Adewale Dada (The Good), who is the Chairman of D Good Travel and Tours and Ogun State Coordinator of NANTA, said the newly built Gateway International Airport which first began commercial operation in the state on Tuesday, will further boost tourism in the state. He added that Ogun state boasts of good numbers of tourist attraction centers which can contribute to the state’s internally generated revenue and that the absence of airport was one reason why these potentials have remained yet untapped.

He assured that travel Agents, especially those that practice in the state will further collaborate with the aviation sector in the Ogun state and Prince Dr. Abiodun’s administration to ensure that facility is well utilized.

Recall that The Gateway International Airport, Illisan, in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun, on Tuesday, recorded its first commercial flight take-off, as a Value Jet airplane conveyed passengers from the airport to Abuja while the state Governor, Abiodun described the event as a major milestone in the actualization of his administration’s vision to transform the state into an investment-friendly and economically viable state.

He explained further that the new airport was a strategic component of the state’s multi-modal transportation master plan designed to integrate road, rail, air, and water transport systems, thereby boosting trade, tourism, and industrialization.