The Convener of Pan Africa Movement (Alternative), PDP chieftain and public analyst, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has expressed that the Gateway International Airport is the catalyst for Ogun state’s economic prosperity.
Showunmi stated this on Thursday when he arrived at the Gateway International Airport, a flight booked from Abuja and landed in Iperu, Ogun State.
He attributed the achievements of the airport to the commitment of Prince Dapo Abiodun’s vision towards the development of Ogun State, while also commending the initiator, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
Showunmi pointed out that the Airport had made Ogun become a truly hub of economic prosperity, insisting that anyone who refused to invest in Ogun is losing out.
He disclosed that he had the privilege of knowing when the idea of the Airport was conceived during the administration of Otunba Gbenga Daniel, but it didn’t come to reality until now.
Showunmi posited that sometimes when an opportunity is missed, it shouldn’t be regarded as lost, believing that whatever is coming is better. “Gateway International Airport, the best is yet to come”, he said.
He cheerfully commended the governor for putting up infrastructure in the airport, saying that for any development to occur, there must be infrastructure.
According to him” I had the privilege of knowing when this idea was conceived, during the reign and the government of Otunba Gbenga Daniel. I happened to work in the government in the same office as the economic advisor at that time. So I have an idea of how we got all this started, and when you think about the number of years it has taken us before we can get the project done.
” Because, many people lobbied, organisation and business owners, knowing that if we build it, inevestors will come, anyone who wants to transform any environment, first of all, make sure they put infrastructure for multimodal transportation. On behalf of all good citizens of Ogun State at home and in diaspora, I want to say huge congratulations to His Excellency. Omoba, Dapo Abiodun, the man who ensured that, in our lifetime, a commercial flight landed in Iperu, Ilishan, Ogun state.”
“Over time, people are going to learn that this infrastructure will generate more income than all of the medley of misdirected activities they prioritise instead of facing the things that are important”
Speaking on the delay, he argued
Sometimes in life, you assume that the best happened in the past, but I think with the way I’m seeing things, the best is yet to come.
“I have a very strong feeling that the Governor of Ogun State is going to finish very strongly. I have an idea of the kinds of investments all around and now, what I like to tell people, Ogun is the investment destination of choice in Nigeria. If you are not investing in Ogun state, you ain’t investing”
