FIC Report (Ebonyi State) – The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has commissioned the refurbished runaway at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, Onueke, 18 months after former President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the facility.
The project was completed under Governor Francis Nwifuru-led administration after no commercial activity at the airport for almost two years.
Commissioner for Aviation, Ngozi Obichukwu, however, said the airport will commence commercial flight operations next month.
She noted that all the challenges and obstacles that would have prevented the commercial flight takeoff have been swiftly handled by the Nwifuru administration.
On his part, Governor Nwifuru thanked President Bola Tinubu for the assistance to enable the state upgrade the runway. We came in, on the 29th day of May, 2023, and as of then, we used concrete to build this runway. We didn’t know, as a state, that concrete is not accepted to be used to build runways. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority closed the airport, that this place is not a place that a plane can land, and we decided to start rebuilding the runway.
Based on the support and the help of your husband President Tinubu, we did the runway and completed it to be one of the best runways in this country, Nigeria”.
Commissioning the runway, The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu commended the Governor for the magnificent airport. She said: “I think your testimonials have really gone ahead of you, and I am really glad to be in Ebonyi state.
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