Tinubu will open agricultural and aviation projects in Minna.

Today, President Bola Tinubu will officially open the renamed Minna International Airport, together with the agricultural equipment and agro-processing zone.

On June 20, 1990, former military Head of State Ibrahim Babangida officially opened the airport. On Friday, Niger Governor Umar Bago renamed it Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport, Minna.

The redesigned airport now has a fully equipped domestic terminal after previously being closed owing to the cut-off runway.

The agro-processing zone project will occupy about 2,000 hectares, of which 1,000 hectares will be used for greenhouses and drip irrigation, and another 1,000 hectares for the processing of dairy products.

Bago said that, “Niger State sells an average of half a million cattle to Nigerians and people outside Nigeria daily.

“We don’t need to transport these cattle by road. You can take the meat that is frozen from the airport anywhere and it will create employment and enhance value chain.

“We are bringing in 80 megawatts of power to this airport.

“We are constructing about 140 kilometres of water irrigation channels to this place from Shiroro Dam. This project is an ambitious 50-year programme, but the first phase will be finished in the next few years.”

Tinubu is anticipated to meet with Abdulsalami Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida, the two former heads of state of state, during the tour.