David Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State, disclosed on Thursday how he spent more than 36 billion naira to construct an international airport in Onueke, Ezza South LGA.
Umahi revealed this to the state’s stakeholders and a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Aviation of this. the flight test that was conducted at the Onueke Airport,
The President will officially open the international airport bearing President Muhammadu Buhari’s name during the first week of May 2023.
Several hundred people from Lagos and Abuja were reportedly transported by two Air Peace Hopper planes, Nos. 5N-BXF and 5-BUY, when they landed at the airport.
Umahi stated that the state government is unable to operate the airport and that he is willing to turn the airport over to the federal government.
He added that the airport employed around 400 Ebonyi State residents as employees.
The General Manager of Aerodrome Services, Mr. Oladipo Adebayo, who was speaking on behalf of the director of the Civil Aviation Authority, CAA, had earlier referred to the airport as the best airport in Nigeria.
He commended the Ebonyi State Government for utilizing high-quality tools to build the airport and added that with such high-grade components employed, the airport would last the test of time.
