During the 9th Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika presented the Official Letter of Approval for the construction of the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The Presentation which took place on Tuesday at the Eko Hotel and Suites had the Minister express his confidence in the project stating that the new airport will link Nigeria to the world, and open Lagos to more international economic partnerships.
The Lekki Airport, which will be constructed around the Lekki Free Zone (LFZ), is expected to enable manufacturers and other business owners in the zone to send and receive their products abroad.
The minister said that it was a huge step in the right direction for Mr Sanwo-Olu to construct another airport in the state considering that the Muritala Mohammed airport is already congested.
In his speech he said, “Lagos with its GDP, housing and Stock Exchange, 200 financial institutions, 25 million people on 5,377 square kilometres of land mass, including the Eko Atlantic, all the industries, the tradition, the history, the tourist attraction, the Eyo Festival, and so on so forth, needs to be connected to the world.
“For Lagos to continue to be the centre of the economy of the activity of the country, Nigeria, the only best way you can link this city of Lagos to the world is obviously by infrastructure, and especially civil aviation.
“The expansion of Lagos is astronomical, is huge, is big. The idea and the size of the economy is good and big. So, you need to continue to link Lagos, not only with Nigeria, but Africa and the world.”
