Gov Fayemi Inspects Ekiti International Cargo Airport

 

Gov Fayemi was on his routine inspection of the Ekiti State International Agro Cargo Airport and Ekiti Knowledge Zone (EKZ) along Ijan-Ekiti road, as well as Harding Memorial Model College and one of the recently completed Secretariat complexes for the State Civil Service in Ado-Ekiti. 

Ekiti International Agro Cargo Airport is a critical component of our broader strategy to make Ekiti a knowledge hub, an agro cargo transport, a medical tourism destination, and an Infotech hub.

The 3.2km runway has been completed and the construction of the airport’s terminal is progressing. The airport will also accommodate the Nigeria Airforce’s operations and provide a viable environment for maintenance and related engineering components.

We are also designing Ekiti Knowledge Zone to take advantage of technology for scientific research, industrialisation, and innovative services, as well as attract business process outsourcing companies and the back office teams of large tech companies.

Harding Memorial Model College is being constructed as a two storey building of 36 classrooms with over 50 toilets, chemistry, biology and physics laboratories, as well as ICT and home economics laboratories. Other facilities that will be provided in the two storey edifice include a large examination hall, staffrooms, administrative offices, perimeter fencing, a football pitch, a basketball court, parking space and water treatment plant, amongst others.

Our vision as contained in the State Development Plan, 2021 - 2050 is for Ekiti State to be the fastest growing and wealthiest state in thirty years as we transform it into an economic hub and a knowledge zone in the long term.