2 News World Bank, Air Force Conclude Plans To Establish $5bn Aviation City In Osun

Yusuf Oketola

THE Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has said that the World Bank, the Nigerian Air Force and the Messrs Shorefac Limited have concluded plans to establish an avia on city in Osogbo, the capital of the State of Osun.

Amao disclosed this on Monday while presen ng a paper at the Na onal Defence College (NDC) in Abuja, no ng that the project was part of ini a ves to effec vely harness competencies and enhance capacity building in research and development of the Nigerian Air Force.

Speaking on the lecture themed: “Air Power and Na onal Security: Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency Opera ons in Perspec ve”, the Air Force Chief said

NAF, in partnership with the World Bank and Messrs Shorefac Limited, has finalised discussions