Ebonyi airport hasn’t received a single commercial flight four months since it was commissioned.

When we tried to investigate the cause, it was learnt that almost all the Nigerian airlines have refused to fly to Ebonyi state because it is considered among the most unprofitable route in Nigeria. Ebonyi people are mainly peasant farmers and aren’t known for using air transport for most of their travels.

One of the airline officials who doesn’t want his name mentioned said that the poverty rate in Ebonyi state is one of the highest in Nigeria and they wondered how an airport in such obscure and isolated state would be viable in the first instance.

The airport site which has remained deserted because there’s no activity whatsoever happening there is now wasting away. Some residents of the state have asked the government to turned the site into an amusement park since no Nigerian airline has agreed to fly to ebonyi state.

It has become very clear that ex governor Umahi borrowed and wasted billions of naira on the airport project when most Ebonyi people cannot even afford one square meal a day and have no money to send their children to school.

Why are Nigerian airlines avoiding Ebonyi state airport ?

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Misplaced priorities....
This happens when governor embarks on project to get "Public Praise" instead of developing the people and enhancing, maintaining and improving on the current infrastructure in the state...

Hating ipob hating on Umahi .
Of you all have common sense you will understand it's beta to build now than wait till the next 10 years.

I can recall vividly during the construction of this project, he was warned of this since there are other airports in close proximity but they didnt listen

Big fat lie. There has been to and fro flights since the airport commenced operation last month. Do ur fact check well

This is what happens when you elect a governor that only cares about infrastructure only. He will be building one vanity project upon another.

A good governor should invest in education, health care, good transport and security, but because those things are not tangible or easily seen, they don't do it.instead they build flyovers, bridges, airports, universities that will sit empty and massive roads.

This is why many Nigerians thinks wike and umahi were good governors, because of the flyover and bridges they built.

Umahi built a college of medicine hospital in the middle of know where and people of ebonyi hailed him. Yesterday he said he is building a supersonic highway to connect lagos and abuja in 4 hours, another vanity project is loading.

Las Las una go dey alright 👍

Not completely a waste but might be of use in near future.

Kooldon:
I can recall vividly during the construction of this project, he was warned of this since there are other airports in close proximity but they didnt listen

There's an airport in enugu and a cargo airport in anambra but he went ahead to build another in his state.

Delusional leaders.

Abagworo:
Not completely a waste but might be of use in near future.

It is very difficult to retrofit an airport

McCoy662:
Big fat lie. There has been to and fro flights since the airport commenced operation last month. Do ur fact check well

To and fro flights to a distant airport in a region surrounded by bigger airports won't return money to the state.

Only lagos and abuja airport are profitable, the rest are dead weights on FG

TimT:
Misplaced priorities....
This happens when governor embarks on project to get "Public Praise" instead of developing the people and enhancing, maintaining and improving on the current infrastructure in the state...

As a governor all you need is provide good education, healthcare,transportation and security and the rest will be done by the citizens. But those things are not tangible, you can't point to good health care and say you are doing well, but you can point to a flyover that nobody wants and the people will call Mr. Project.

MTNnews:
Hating ipob hating on Umahi .
Of you all have common sense you will understand it's beta to build now than wait till the next 10 years.

It’s not hating, its stupidity from Igbo leaders…


All these cargo airports what is the wrong with them…?

Put your energy into ONE viable and functional International airport for region


What is so hard for Negroes to understand that…


Fulani understand that well well, ditto Yoruba…

You Igbo leaders shaaa… una never learn- from Wike to Umahi….

Dave Umahi is a workalic but he got it totally wrong with this useless Ebonyi Airport project.

9jahotblog:
Engr David Umahi Na big scammer . I dey ask wetin he will do in the minister of works he’s heading. More looted money in his bank account.

indefatigable lie 😊😊😊😊

Dave umami loves money that his own life, we where in ebonyi state and knew how he even taxed women selling vegetables, all Igr go directly to his accounts.

waledeji:
indefatigable lie 😊😊😊😊

indefatigable truths here 🙊🙊🙊

TimT:
Misplaced priorities....
This happens when governor embarks on project to get "Public Praise" instead of developing the people and enhancing, maintaining and improving on the current infrastructure in the state...

This is better than that packaged scam called Nigeria Air, a shambolic project that didn't fly under the last administration.

Abagworo:
Not completely a waste but might be of use in near future.

Which future? How many Ebonyians travel by air? We have Imo Airport patronized by both indigenes of Imo and Abia states. Enugu airport patronized by Enugu indigenes or those traveling to Enugu. Anambra and Asaba airports experience massive traffic from Anambra indigenes. Tell me,who will patronize Ebonyi airport? Ndi izza?

Hmm is through sha cause the way people from ebonyi state the come for aba to earn a living is quite high

truthhurtsnaira:


It’s not hating, its stupidity from Igbo leaders…


All these cargo airports what is the wrong with them…?

Put your energy into ONE viable and functional International airport for region


What is so hard for Negroes to understand that…


Fulani understand that well well, ditto Yoruba…

You Igbo leaders shaaa… una never learn- from Wike to Umahi….

How about Yoruba leaders, Ekiti and Ogun airport yet to receive one flight after it was commissioned, you guys are always quick to insult Igbos anu

truthhurtsnaira:


It’s not hating, its stupidity from Igbo leaders…


All these cargo airports what is the wrong with them…?

Put your energy into ONE viable and functional International airport for region


What is so hard for Negroes to understand that…


Fulani understand that well well, ditto Yoruba…

You Igbo leaders shaaa… una never learn- from Wike to Umahi….

I don't know if you really use your iq before typing You need to evaluate yourself before advising others, at least Anambra airport is doing well, east airports are doing great except Ebonyi, Ondo airport that's old still receives one or two flight in a week

Bestmanfornow:

I don't know if you really use your iq before typing You need to evaluate yourself before advising other, at least Anambra airport is doing well, east airports are doing great except Ebonyi, Ondo airport that's old still receives one or two flight in a week

No I use Tinubu IQ…

In Africa you have Africans and then you have N I G G E R S…


Umahi is a N I G G E R… and Wike, and Ugwuanyi…..of course Ikpeazu and on and on…

Do you use your IQ? Do you read Nairaland post today…. Lagos Airport alone accounts for the lion share of EGO/KUDI for FAAN.

All your quack Cargo airports cant compete as Lagos is chopping all you people’s money first before you begin to fly to Asaba, Owere, Enugu…

That’s why the last Minister of Aviation closed your airport in Enugu, opened it up, and then said dem no get money to complete international terminal…

Did you lament or ask him for IQ test?

NIGGZ

truthhurtsnaira:


No I use Tinubu IQ…

In Africa you have Africans and then you have N I G G E R S…


Umahi is a N I G G E R… and Wike, and Ugwuanyi…..of course Ikpeazu and on and on…

Do you use your IQ? Do you read Nairaland post today…. Lagos Airport alone accounts for the lion share of EGO/KUDI for FAAN.

All your quack Cargo airports cant compete as Lagos is chopping all you people’s money first before you begin to fly to Asaba, Owere, Enugu…

That’s why the last Minister of Aviation closed your airport in Enugu, opened it up, and then said dem no get money to complete international terminal…

Did you lament or ask him for IQ test?

NIGGZ

Propaganda tribe make una keep deceiving una selves Otondo

Bestmanfornow:

How about Yoruba leaders, Ekiti and Ogun airport yet to receive one flight after it was commissioned, you guys are always quick to insult Igbos anu

When was Ogun state airport commissioned?

AIR PEACE IS NOT NIGERIA AIRLINE?



YOU ARE FUNNY

A lot of you folks are idiots. Blackman mentality of never planning for the future. This airport is a very visionary project. That's why Gowon hit oil boom money and never planned for the future. Instead he went funding projects in other African countries... and he hadn't built a Dubai here... ff 40 years later were in need of infrastructure. Useless black race.

TimT:
Misplaced priorities....
This happens when governor embarks on project to get "Public Praise" instead of developing the people and enhancing, maintaining and improving on the current infrastructure in the state...

once an airport is built, it's built. 100 years from now, there will still be an airport there when the need arises

Someone already commented on point I wanted to raise...

An airport is a project for the future, to expand your future economy

With an Airport , Ebonyi just opened up it's economy through tourism

Many years after Umahi dies , this airport will still serve the so called "poor peasant Ebonyi farmers " of today



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A square peg in a round hole.

Nairaland ehn

Mad people dey dis place walahi

Anyway God bless the good people of Southsouth and Southwest