…begin moves to link estate with fibre optic for smooth business operations
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
For professionals and Investors working or doing business in or around the Ogun State Agro Cargo Airport, the construction of a 200-Housing unit Aviation Estate located at Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state would provide a convenient living environment for their business to thrive.
Particularly with the provision of basic infrastructural facilities including electricity, good road network, security and pipe borne water with 75,000 litre reservoir capacity to serve residents of this estate as well as a fibre optic internet facility for business transactions.
The estate which has about 5000 workers drawn from different skills including bricklayer, plumbers, roofers, electrician, aluminium fabricators among others, receiving 700 million daily wages had not doubts contributed to the state net Gross Domestic Products(GDP)
Commissioner for Housing in the State, Jamiu Omoniyi, while inspecting the first phase of the aviation estate at Iperu, on February 10, 2025, said that the estate was built to support the agro cargo airport so that people who work and do business within the airport could have a place to call home.
Omoniyi said that due the estate’s business advantage and infrastructural facilities subscribers have bought the first phase of the estate which is ready for commissioning while asking subscribers to apply for the second phase which is currently undergoing construction.
He said that when operations begins at the agro cargo airport, the movement of goods and services as well as agricultural products would commence around the aerotropolis making rooms for local businesses to thrive around the estate for economic growth.
The Commissioner said “the Gateway Aviation Estate is to compliment 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 compliments 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 fibres optics 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 noted
Omoniyi stressed that new housing estate, is designed to cater to individuals working and doing business in the area as the initiative was part of the government’s intentional plan to unlock the potential of Remo development clusters which are specialized economic zones aimed at driving growth and investment in the region.
He said” One beautiful thing Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration has done is to open up the Remo Development clusters. In these clusters, we have the much-tallked-about Gateway Village and the world standard aerotropolis with this, the movement of goods and services, raw materials and agricultural products will soon commence here.
” Apart from that, commercial operations will soon begin at the airport, and when all these put together, it shows that this Remo clusters is open for business. It serves as a hub for business activities and connectivity with Ogun State.”
” Agricultural products from the state or the Southwest could easily be transported, and within six hours, they will arrive in Europe. This shows that Ogun State is ready for business. This project has placed the state on world map” he added
