February 13, (THEWILL) – The commissioner for Housing in Ogun State, Jamiu Omoniyi, has disclosed that the 200 Housing Units of Gateway Aviation Estate will provide a convenient and supportive living environment for professionals working or doing business around the Agro-cargo airport.
He said that basic infrastructural facilities, including pipe-borne water, electricity, a good network and security, have been put in place while a fibre optic internet facility, already connected to the airport, would soon be linked to the estate for easy business transactions by residents.
Omoniyi, who disclosed this on Monday while inspecting the first phase of the Gateway Aviation Estate located in Iperu in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state, said that with the available facilities of the housing scheme, subscribers would enjoy the ease of doing business around the airport from home.
He stated that the project had generated about 5000 jobs drawn from different skills, such as bricklayers, plumbers, roofers, electricians, and aluminium fabricators, among others, providing N700m daily wages for workers, which had contributed to the state’s net GDP.
The commissioner opined that with the available infrastructural facilities, the first phase of Gateway Aviation Estate was ready for commissioning as the second phase is under construction for new subscribers, noting that the estate would serve as a hub for business activities around the airport.
He said, “The Gateway Aviation Estate is to complement Ogun Agro-Cargo Airport and other commercial operations of the airport, which would also serve as a hub for business activities with the state.
“The airport on its own cannot thrive without having a community around it that is why the gateway aviation village is well primed to support and complement the aerotropolis so that people that work and do business around that environment will have a place where they can live and work.
“Very soon we will be introducing a fibre optic that is already connected to the airport so that the internet facility is top notch on the top you are already connected to the world and the implication is you will stay in your house you could do your business and everything that is needed to make a complete living”, he added.
