Details As Dapo Abiodun Moves To Bring Back Famous Gateway Hotel, Ota

Governor Dapo Abiodun has declared interest to revamp the expansive Gateway Hotel, in Ota, Ogun State.

The famous hotel, a part of the state-owned Gateway hotel franchise, has been abandoned for years and transformed into a den of shady characters and rodents.

Governor Abiodun has directed “the Ministry of Housing to include the total rehabilitation of the edifice in its budget proposal for necessary action” at the Treasury Board Meeting, held at Obas Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Wednesday, October 2, 2022, SocietyNow.Ng learned.

The Governor reportedly gave the directive while responding to the presentations by the officials of the Ministry of Housing and related agencies at the Treasury Board Meeting.

“The governor described the current state of the once viable hotel as an eyesore, saying something urgent must be done to address the situation.

Abiodun who decried the total abandonment of the hotel despite its strategic location, said his administration was poised to rehabilitate and bring it back to its former state, as demanded by the people of Ota, during the town hall meeting on the 2023 appropriation budget.” a statement issued by the Ogun state government on the development stated in part.

The famous multi-purpose hospitality center covering a very wide area is located just a stone-throw from the area of the “scrapped toll gate” by the border between Lagos and Ogun states along Lagos/Abeokuta expressway.