Nigeria, April 24 -- The Ogun State Agro-cargo International Airport will begin scheduled and non-scheduled flights in the next few weeks.

The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, made this known on Tuesday while speaking at the 13th Gateway International Trade Fair breakfast meeting with chief executive officers, captains of industry, entrepreneurs, investors and stakeholders in Abeokuta.

He noted that the approval process to get the airport running had reached an advanced stage, with the approval expected in a few days' time.

He also disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the Special Agro Processing Zone as a Free Trade Zone.

"Our newly built Gateway International Airport, which will soon be commissioned, possibly this wee...