He also debunked claims by an aviation expert, John Ojikutu, that he was advised not to cite the airport in its current location in the Ilishan area of the state.
Sunday PUNCH findings showed that in the southwest, past and present administrations had voted more than N266bn for the construction of new airports despite the non-viability of the many existing ones.
In 2007, Daniel conceived the idea of Gateway Agro Cargo Airport at Ilishan-Remo, but he was unable to kick-start the project before he left office in 2011.
His successor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, had a different idea for the project.
In 2018, he proposed a passenger airport in the Wasimi area of the state.
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