Ebonyi State government led by Governor Francis Nwifuru has commenced the upgrade of the Chuba Okadigbo Airport runway to international standard.
The State Commissioner for Aviation and Technology, Mrs Ngozi Obichukwu said that expatriates had been contracted to upgrade the Airport runway.
Obichukwu said the upgrade of the runway, from concrete to standard asphalting, is to enhance the operation of foreign airlines and other flights movements at the airport.
The Aviation Commissioner, who assured foreign airlines and travellers of adequate protection and safe landing at the Airport said:
“The runway is of concrete, instead of asphalt. And that’s why the Governor Francis Nwifuru quickly dispatched experts that are knowledgeable in the construction of runways to see how the runway can be upgraded to international standard.
“The expatriates are here and as you can see, they are working tirelessly to ensure that the runway meets international standard. The United Nigeria Airways landed here and requested that the concrete be upgraded to standard asphalting.
Governor Francis Nwifuru has opened discussion with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC and CDC construction companies to ensure that the runway is constructed to international standard.
She added that: “Chuba Okadigbo Airport is a threat to other airports in the South-East region, and needs to be upgraded.”
Kooldon: You are as useless EBONYI AIRPORT. The poverty capital of Nigeria and It is you and your unborn generation that will have a useless life.
poverty capital of Nigeria. Is Nigeria not poverty capital of Africa with millions migrating out of Nigeria?
Ebonyi poverty capital but your useless state no get Airport wey fine pass Ebonyi. The state of your useless children no get fly overs pass 18 fly overs in Ebonyi.
Your useless infrastructure-barren state no get 3 Federal Hospitals and 2 Federal Universities like Ebonyi.
Your useless papa no be Minister for Works like the great Ebonyian.
Keep dissing Ebonyians. Your children WILL never achieve quarter of what Umahi has achieved in Ebonyi.
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Rareoil: 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 👍
Go and hire a bulldozer and remove that airport. If you can’t, stop complaining.
The hospital in remote area you’re complaining of, people have taken up jobs as lecturers and doctors, nurses, pharmacists and live in the accomodation provided there, while you keep complaining.
Like I said, go and pull down that airport and hospital, or keep salivating in your mouth with hatred.
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
do you say since there is a wig seller in a market you won’t open your own wig shop in the same market? No wonder you’re not doing well in life. That project will come to use one day. Meanwhile your life will not.
PortHarcourt1st: 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 ?
Do you have a state? Focus on it and leave Ebonyi projects alone.
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Bestmanfornow: 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
oga leave all this except ebonyi airport mantra. Go and face your living and stop taking panadol ontop someone else’s matter. You don’t have a job? Or is your job fighting on nairaland?
CJStarz: 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?
yes ndi Izza will patronise it. Happy now? Ewu. Hater. Progress hater. Anuofia family member. Enemy of progress.
Davicl: Ok.... but why is it that Anambra doesn't have local government chairman? most street roads are so bad 😞 and everybody is a police if you steal expect to be leach , my observation the last time I was in that state
Unittyy: Thank you for this topic. We need more hands in agriculture in this nation. Food is becoming unaffordable. Single People in Lagos, Abuja, and Portharcout earning below 100k might not be able to afford 3 square meal again. Family men in same location earning below 200k might also be living from hands to mouth. Some rural dwellers are living better than their colleagues in cities.
Exactly. Rural dwellers are having it much better than any city dweller earning less than 100k.
They don’t spend what you spend in a month and they’re able to cultivate what they eat.
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Read the topic and push to front page let’s throw for public debate.
Me for instance if I go back to my village I won’t be paying rent. I can plant my vegetables and eat soup with it. Plant my cassava on ancestral land, harvest, process it into garri and eat without buying at exorbitant prices. Cultivate my yam, harvest and eat without spending scarce naira. Likewise my rice. If you’re in rural area rice is also cheaper.
My point is rural dwelling is far cheaper than urban dwelling.
There’s nothing wrong with rural dwelling. Coat your coat according to your size. Don’t run into debt and live above your income just to be a town dweller.
Urban to rural migration is expected seasonal whenever there is harsh economy. Such can be reversed with time when things stabilise.
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Which one is WES icap again?
And which of the figures I mentioned did you say it would cost because I mentioned 2 figures?
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I googled and it said a WES course-by-course evaluation cost $163, and a document-by-document evaluation costs $102.
Does that make it total of $265 ? I’m applying to US school for PhD. Do I use the two evaluations or just one? For a standard US school? Or would it be my school that will say which one they want?