Via Abah Benjamin Eneojoh
Zariagi, Lokoja
October 27, 2026
Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, FCA, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s toughen for the state’s global airport challenge at Zariagi, Lokoja, as an indication of the Federal Executive’s dedication to extending essential infrastructure construction to the subnational degree.
Governor Ododo said this on Tuesday all through an inspection talk over with to the continuing Kogi State Global Airport challenge web page, the place he assessed the growth of labor and expressed pleasure with the extent of building actions.
The Governor, who described the airport challenge as a strategic funding one day of Kogi State, mentioned the initiative mirrored President Tinubu’s reputation of the developmental wishes of states and the significance of offering infrastructure in a position to stimulating financial enlargement, bettering connectivity and attracting funding.
Ododo defined that Kogi State’s geographical place, bordering a number of main business centres, together with the Federal Capital Territory, made an airport a strategic necessity for unlocking the state’s financial attainable.
He famous that in spite of the state’s strategic location and business connections, Kogi had operated with out its personal airport till the intervention of the Tinubu management, which licensed the challenge and equipped toughen for its execution.
Ododo additional disclosed that his management was once dedicated to tracking the challenge intently to be sure that building advanced in line with the desired requirements and timelines.
He expressed optimism that the airport would succeed in a complicated degree of construction by way of the next yr, whilst urging citizens to comprehend the infrastructure initiative and its attainable long-term advantages.
The Governor extensively utilized the instance to problem critics of the challenge to talk over with the web page and assess the paintings firsthand moderately than depend on hypothesis about its feasibility.
“Please, I need them to come back right here to peer issues by way of themselves. It isn’t an AI factor. You’ll see the apparatus running, and they’re running day and evening. We don’t seem to be going to make noise about it; we invite them to come back and spot,” he mentioned.
Offering an replace at the building, Engr. Solar Yishi
Venture Supervisor
CCECC Nigeria Restricted
Kogi State Venture Administrative center mentioned paintings had reached roughly 20 according to cent of entirety, with the present section targeted in large part on earthworks for the runway and its related protection spaces.
He defined that the earthworks constituted one of the crucial hard levels of the challenge, requiring in depth excavation, filling, laterite placement and flooring preparation ahead of next pavement building may just continue.
In a similar way, the lead advisor, Architect Adebayo Adidipe of Arcade Specialists Restricted, put the whole degree final touch at roughly 20 to twenty-five according to cent.
He expressed self assurance within the challenge’s growth and recommended the toughen gained from Governor Ododo, the State Ministry of Transportation, the Commissioner and the Everlasting Secretary, noting that problems raised by way of the challenge group had gained steered consideration.