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Last Updated: Monday, October 25th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page FG revokes Ido-Osun air strip contract By Gbenga Faturoki Special Correspondent, Osogbo   The contract for the rehabilitation of Ido-Osun air strip awarded to an Osun State based company (names withheld) has been revoked by the federal government. The Minister of Aviation, Alhaji Issa Yuguda gave the order when the Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola paid him courtesy visit in Abuja. The state government had earlier petitioned the ministry of aviation over the non-performance of the contractor. The minister noted that the contractor had been given a sum of N10 million for the job before abandoning the project. Alhaji Yuguda added that he has directed the legal department of the ministry to recover the amount already paid to the contractor as well as taking all other necessary action against the contractor. Meanwhile, engineers from the ministry have taken over the renovation of the Ido-Osun air strip with a view to up-grading the facilities. President Olusegun Obasanjo had during his official visit to Osun State promised to renovate the air strip. The air strip which has been abandoned since 1995, according to Governor Olagunsoye, will commence operations before the end of the first quarters of 2005. He said, since the aviation ministry has taken over the renovation of the air strip, the project will be completed soon. �The Aviation ministry has started work on essential technical equipment for the take off of the air strip; installation of automatic weather station, synoptic reporting station and non-directional beacon navigational aids as well as the control tower radio�, he said. Oyinlola added that the state government would on its own part, construct a new run-way and control tower to facilitate landing and take-off of various sizes of aircraft from the upgraded facility. He noted that the step was part of the state government�s effort at ensuring rapid industrial and social development of Osun State, adding that �the air-strip if completed will facilitate tourism as a lot of foreigners would prefer to land at their point of visitation rather than travel hundreds of kilometers by road after landing in Lagos or Abuja�.     Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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