IGBOSON1:


Nice one!

Any recent pics of that tall bridge built out in the countryside? It’s called Iyi…..something. Can’t remember the full name now.

3pointsagree:


That flyover is fully completed and open for traffic

Pass11:
The new ebonyi international stadium is taking a new shape

IGBOSON1:
Governor Umahi commissions Ebonyi shopping mall! This section must have been newly finished as it’s the first time i’m seeing it. Looks like Shoprite but the shelves are not as high, so i’m guessing it’s a new concessionaire running it.

Impressively expansive with attention paid to detail!

Courtesy Njenje Media TV


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODrz9M9wW_o

IGBOSON1:


It’s starting to look like a stadium! Impressed with how they got the measurements right!

Pass11:

With local contractors

Despacito1:



This locally made contractors should be encouraged, they saved our money here and have us a standard project except for the bad choice of colour made by Umahi...

Oyibo are using their contactors, while we choose to use theirs and called out engineers local. To me it's a national contractors and should be encourage by buying bigger machinery's, more training etc

3pointsagree:
Ebonyi Airport is London color

IGBOSON1:


Exactly!

Had we been using indigenous contractors for our projects from the early 70s to date, by now they would have improved to the level of the Julius Bergers of this world! The country should have built on that Biafran ingenuity, self-belief and never-say-never-again spirit (apologies to Ian Flemming) that saw a look inwards instead of going to oyibo for everything!

Awarding multi-billion/million dollar contracts to foreign construction coys was just one way politicians milked the system through inflation of contract costs and kickbacks! This led to foreign contractors quoting ridiculous prices for their services knowing they’d be approved on a scratch-my-back-i-scratch-yours basis!

I’m damn impressed with the kind of gigantic projects Umahi delivers with local contractors and on a shoestring budget! All i’d add is they could improve a bit on the final finishing. For this, they may need to buy some sophisticated and high-end machines/tools to give the job a better finish, as well as contract one or two experienced engineers from one of those big multi-national construction coys, to help train local contractors.

Another bugbear i have with delivered mega projects in the state is Umahis’ penchant for covering them in a colour riot and too many flashing multi-coloured lights! The flyovers looked nice as they were initially before Umahi gave them that his unique touch!

You could say he’s got the Midas touch….with a 21st century twist!

IGBOSON1:
Latest updates on Ebonyi airport construction works.

Things are moving at a frenetic pace and looks like they would finish the job in the next two months. He's doing a sterling job with the actual civil engineering part of the job...just wish he could leave the interior decor planning and execution part of the job to the experts in that field. Besides the overbearing and heavy colouring going on, there are one or two other things i would have changed inside the terminal bulding: like the choice of lighting (chandeliers are just not in keeping with a modern terminal building, as well as those fancy wall-mounted lights), and the width of the steps should have been widened to accomodate those with luggage. But on the whole, a commendable effort.

Courtesy Madamsabi Cook: https://www.youtube.com/@madamsabicook


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfi7JNkk02A

oilykid:

Nice..umahi is really trying. I also wish he engage more in economic and industrial projects too. Ebonyi is the food basket of the nation and I'm yet to see him commission any mega economic agricultural projects in the state. Even the lime Stone and granite that Ebonyi state is blessed for is yet to be utilized for industrial purposes. Any update on ibeto/nkalaagu cement factory?

IGBOSON1:


Dead as Dodo! This is the problem with the few big-ticket projects planned for the south-east.....they always encounter problems because they're left for the region alone to fund or drive, unlike those in other regions that benefit in one way or the other from 'federal might'! All the more reason why Umahi and Obiano should be commended for the little they achieved in their states.

oilykid:

I thought they said ibeto wanted to fund it then

3pointsagree:
[Where is Ebonyi Airport test flight?

Wayo plo

IGBOSON1:


He did! I even remember Umahi mentioning it in one of his media briefings. Unfortunately, it looks like the plans fell through probably owing to the pressures of covid and other financial issues!

This is why i pray Peter Obi wins next month so all regions in the country can be treated equally and we don’t have a repeat of a situation where Kaduna and Daura received more federal gov’t attention and federally-enabled investments than the entire south-east put together! I’m sure if Ibeto had got some kind of support and encouragement from the federal gov’t, he could have been able to realise his plans for Nkalagu cement….a coy that was once one of the top cement coys in the country, a money spinner and a pride of the east!

oilykid:

Nice..umahi is really trying. I also wish he engage more in economic and industrial projects too. Ebonyi is the food basket of the nation and I'm yet to see him commission any mega economic agricultural projects in the state. Even the lime Stone and granite that Ebonyi state is blessed for is yet to be utilized for industrial purposes. Any update on ibeto/nkalaagu cement factory?

Cjrane2:


Hopefully, Umahi is already planning on how to keep the airport busy by also attracting tourists and business people to Abakaliki.

Owerri flights are always full and overbooked because Nigerians fly to Owerri to have f fun-filled weekend with good food and clubbing.

If Umahi can incentivize Cubana Chief Priest to establish a small to moderate-sized Cubana night club in the Abakaliki Centenary city, it will gradually rival Owerri in the number of tourists and other Nigerians visiting the city to relax, eat good food and spend money.