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The Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND has conducted a public hearing on a bill seeking the establishment of a Federal College of Aviation Technology in Ilara Remo, Ogun State.

The Bill, sponsored by His Excellency, The Senator, Otunba Engr. Gbenga Daniel, came up for public hearing, alongside four other bills after it passed second reading at the Senate.

At the hearing, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who was represented by Senator Gbenga Daniel, highlighted the exigent nature of the establishment bill while promising that the Senate would do a meticulous job to ensure it scales through.

In his own address, Otunba Gbenga Daniel noted that establishment of an Aviation School in Ilara Remo would provide the much needed training institute for Nigeria’s fast growing Aviation sector. He stressed that citing the college in Ilara, a contiguous town to Ilisan Remo which host the Ogun Agro Cargo Airport, is strategic as part of the fledging aerotropolis planned around that axis during his time as Ogun State Governor.

Meanwhile, the Senator had earlier hosted a delegation of stakeholders from Remo land in his abuja residence Tuesday morning. The delegation were in Abuja to attend the public hearing and present their memoranda in support of the establishment of the Aviation College.

Some of the delegates include the Lisa of Ilara Remo, High Chief High Chief Olukoya Sodunola, former chairman of Remo North Local Government, Hon John Obafemi, Hon. Dickson Awolaja of Remo North State Constituency, Hon. Omoba Damilare Bello of Sagamu State Constituency II, representatives of the Ilara Development Association, among other dignitaries.