President Goodluck Jonathan has been commended for reforming airports across the country.
The Ilorin International Airport Manager, Alhaji Usman Saka, said at the weekend that the reform was due to the efforts of the Aviation Minister, Mrs. Stella Oduah.
Saka spoke when the officials of the Correspondents' Chapel of Kwara NUJ visited the airport.
He said: "I am glad to inform you that the Ilorin International Airport is functioning optimally. With the transformation agenda of Mr. President, the airport is really growing and people are getting to know more about the airport both nationally and internationally.
"In fact, apart from the cargo terminal built by the Kwara State Government, another one is also coming soon. The Aviation College, which is the second of its type nationwide, is also here. Navy training school will also be established soon".
"These developments mean that our airport will soon become a hub of economic and social development for Nigeria."
The manager, however, decried the alleged encroachment on the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)'s 2, 248 hectares of land by some neighboring communities, saying: "It is sad to inform you that the Ilorin West Local Government Secretariat is sitting on the land originally owned by FAAN.
"The land is the extensions of the second runaway proposed for the safe landing of aircraft and avoid issue of air disaster which we never prayed for."
National Mirror