“You cannot decarbonize darkness.”
Energy security first. Then decarbonization as a dual-track strategy: Gas for stability, economic transformation & as a transition energy.
Watch @Dapo_Okubadejo at yesterday’s panel discussion at the CWEIC.
Topic: Balancing Energy Security and Decarbonization.
“This airport is separately connected to independent power through out investment in gas and energy… Dapo {Abiodun}, thank you very much, God bless you”
—President Tinubu.
This is the video of the 34 Megawatts Independent Power Plant in Itori, Ogun State, which will be among the landmark projects of Governor @DapoAbiodunCON that is being commissioned in Ogun State today by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT (GCFR).
The power plant is a gas turbine plant. It has been designed and built not just for today, but for the future of reliable electricity in Abeokuta and beyond. It is supported by a 33kVA/415 distribution infrastructure, with a clear and inclusive plan for retail metering.
The plant has already begun operations with an initial 3MW supply, now powering government offices, buildings, and residences in Abeokuta. But this is only the foundation.
This is a project delivered by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun. It is a clear statement that stable power is no longer a promise, but a priority being actively executed in Ogun State since power generation was removed from the exclusive list by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu admin.
There is a timeline to scale the power plant to its full capacity of 34MW (people in the power sector understand this). When this is realized, it will guarantee uninterrupted power supply across Abeokuta and neighboring areas. Which will unlock another level of productivity in business and improve the everyday life of the people.
This project is part of the broader 100MW “Light Up Ogun State” initiative. A bold, forward-looking vision conceived under Governor Dapo Abiodun to drive Ogun State towards energy sufficiency and independence. There are other 30–34MW plants being developed in Ota and Ijebu Ode as well. This is not a one-off achievement, but a coordinated effort to permanently change the power reality of Ogun State.
This is how progress is built.
History will be kind to Prince Dapo Abiodun.
Whoever takes over from him MUST continue in this path.
President Muhammadu Buhari estate, Abeokuta. Conceived by the Governor Amosun administration but abandoned with just one uncompleted building.
It now has over 100 units of 4 and 5-bedroom duplexes (detached and semi-detached). Thanks to Governor Dapo Abiodun.
It’s a whole new residential carving, situated 5km from Abeokuta along the Abeokuta—Sagamu expressway. Right opposite the newly built Ogun State Judiciary Complex, close to Ogun Tech Hub, and close to the Police College of Information Technology.
From the estate, you’ll arrive in Ikeja in 45 mins.
He is so ignorant and loud as expected. Just like those who spitefully tagged the Gateway Airport a white elephant project last year. Let me educate him as I educated them.
We are not just celebrating another airport in Ogun State, we are celebrating an Aerotropolis, a masterplan which follows the global model. I am sure he hasn’t heard that before. You guys won’t appreciate the plan now, but you will within the next 10 years.
Surrounding the airport you have:
Gateway Aviation Village: A 300-unit housing scheme. The residential backbone.
Nigerian Customs training school and forward operating base. That is a strategic federal security establishment.
ARISE Integrated Industrial Platform (IIP) Project. A >$2 billion garment & textile industrial hub. Forming one of the largest manufacturing clusters in Africa, with a capacity of 4.4 million garments daily. That is the industrial engine. There’s also the Iperu Industrial zone.
Special Agro Processing Zone (SPAZ): backed by AFREXIMbank and ARISE IIP with an initial investment projected to be around $400m.
-The first AFREXIM African Quality Assurance Centre (AQAC) for Agro Export standardization is located around the Ogun Industrial/Agro belt, which is in proximity to the airport.
The airport itself is currently the most technologically advanced airport in Nigeria. The first-ever airport in Nigeria, and still the only airport to be granted the Aerodrome Operational Permit.
50 cargo flights before the end of the year.
It’s not by na me first do am. What is your plan after constructing the airport? To build hotels and clubs around it, which only has booming visitors once a year, or to build something that will boost productivity to help your state achieve its greater plan of becoming the China of Sub Saharan Africa?
Enjoy your sold out European tour, chief
Hon Commisoner sir @tokunbo_wahab, the attached video is exactly 3:19am 24th of December after one has been there for over an hour sir.
There is a place around konga place in Ikate (close to Nike art gallery) at the entrance of several residential estate.
You can take Asake out of Obafemi Awolowo University but you cant take Obafemi Awolowo University out of him. He'll forever be a Dramatic Arts student. See what he did here 😅🔥
🚨Asake’s “Work of Art” departs the NG Spotify Top 10 for the first time since release.
— It was released in 2023, spending a jaw dropping 124 CONSECUTIVE weeks in the Top 10. 🤯🟢