Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, on Thursday, revealed
how he spent over thirty-six billion naira to build an international airport,
located in Onueke, Ezza South LGA.
Umahi made this known while addressing stakeholders of the
state and the delegation of the Federal Ministry of Aviation during the flight
test that took place at the Onueke airport.
The international airport which was
named after President Muhammadu Buhari, is to be inaugurated in the first week
of May 2023 by the President.
It was gathered that two Air Peace Hopper airlines, No.
5N-BXF and No. 5-BUY which landed at the airport carried over one hundred
passengers from Lagos and Abuja.
Umahi revealed his preparedness to hand over the airport to
the federal government to run, noting that the state government can’t manage
the airport.
He further stated that over 400 citizens of Ebonyi State
were employed as staff of the airport.
Earlier in his remark, the director of the Civil Aviation
Authority, CAA, who was represented by General Manager, Aerodrome Services, Mr
Oladipo Adebayo, described the airport as the best of all the airports in
Nigeria.
He applauded the Ebonyi State Government for using
high-standard equipment to construct the airport, adding that with such quality
materials used, the airport will stand the test of time.
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