₦airaland Forum

investnow2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2UPXoQdfcg

I do not think any billionaire lives in Awka. I cannot see any place worth living by a billionaire yet. I am only hopeful that the AMC will attract them.
It is a shame that all these years, there is no high end organised area for billionaire cribs to be built in Awka. Could it be that we Anambrarians build our cribs in the our various villages and mind you most of the billionaires do not have their businesses in Anambra state.

NigeriaIsZOO:
I'm really disgusted that both the state government, state house of assembly and senator representing the area are all silent in the face of this criminal defrauding of the state and gross pollution of the environment? Like seriously? What the hell is going on?

It is dereliction of duty if these afforementiond people I listed above continues to maintain criminal silence while the state continues to bleed!

Maybe the community should even seek self help efforts or maybe even call ESN for help. This rubbish shouldn't be allowed to continue. It needs to be stopped immediately!!!

I understand your pain, our pain. Obiano will look into it and call them to a meeting in Awka after a first plane lands successfully at the Willy Obiano international Cargo and Passenger Airport. But for now Rome can burn.

investnow2013:
Chinese Company Now in Ogbaru tapping our Oil illegally. We also have an Indian Company in another location in Ogbaru called Ogwuikpelle tapping our Oil!
WHERE IS ANAMBRA STATE GOVT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGOfaJr5Y-Q

Don't worry, Obiano will Fly in Ebube Agu Squadron through Chief Willie Obiano International Cargo and Passenger Airport to chase the Chinese illegal Oil miners away !
Meanwhile, where are Nestoils and Seplats of this world? How can they be looking for what is in their Sokoto (Trouser) in Sokoto? Isn't it time they will collaborate with Ministry of Petroleum resources and Anambra State Govt. to explore oil nearer home than in the Niger Delta?

globemoney01:
Whats the name of this place

Bon hotel Awka

OreMI22:
Did anyone notice that since the progress of this airport became a reality, they quickly revoked the Orient petroleum license to build a modular refinery?

One wonders what their game plans are really about .

Before we make further comment, Orient Refinery officials must explain to Ndi Anambra why they have not taken off all these years. They had the licence more than 15 years before Waltersmith modular refinery in Imo State got theirs yet Waltersmith have since gone into production.

OreMI22:
Excellent work still maintained the high quality.

One would wish they start planting trees and flowers in areas already completed. Especially the main access road and internal roads with the car park areas. Planting trees with poultry waste and other organic waste products help the trees to survive and thrive quickly.

If they also take landscaping as seriously as they took the physical structures, this airport will be the undisputed best in West Africa to say the least.

Hahahahahah....Please spare me. You people should stop this hyping like village people. Anambra Airport is too basic to be the best in Nigeria not to talk of Africa. However it is a great pleasure to have an airport no matter how small, that one day, it will be possible to fly out of Nigeria from.

fergie0o1:
SOURCE

UHARI CRUSHES EX IGP ADAMU MOHAMED BEFORE HE CRUSHES IPOB Hahahahahahaha kikikikiki

SamuelOamen:
https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-crush-ipob-esn-members-igp-orders/

BUHARI CRUSHES EX IGP ADAMU MOHAMED BEFORE HE CRUSHES IPOB Hahahahahahaha kikikikiki

[[s]quote] Don't even think about that route . There are plans to sandfill most of those swampy areas and creeks . You just can't create silly maps and include other people's territory, you have no respect, that's why no one wants to deal with you and you can't even reflect on yourself ,you just keep boasting that everyone is jealous of you blah blah blah ,you fought and defeated the whole world blah blah blah, No one wants you to be president blah blah blah . Look for another route and build your seaport, that map river you posted is dead on arrival. How dare you even conceive such thought ? I'm irritated.[/quote][/s]

You are right that Ebonyi has no DIRECT access to the sea contrary to some illiterates views BUT you are too harsh on Ndigbo. You don't take the view of very few people to demonise and denigrate a whole ethnic group.. I COULD ALSO SEE HATRED BURNING IN YOU. That's not good for your health.

mktinsight:
These busses are good for planned cities with wide dual lane roads and proper bus stops not the narrow one lane roads of Anambra cities. The government has to get serious about urban planning. It's bizarre that there are not many major wide avenues in Awka or Onitsha. Most American cities have a ratio of 1 Avenue to 15 streets.

Manhattan has 11 Avenues each 100 feet wide. There is only 2 major Avenue in the entire Awka. Zik "Avenue" is less than 25 feet wide with no parking lane or road reserve and inundated with markets. The road leading to Ekwueme square and the secretariat is a dead end of less than 400m in length

Onitsha has Port Harcourt Rd, Iweka, Awka Rd, Modebe all of which have been encroached on by markets and traders.

The only planned city in the entire south east is Enugu which has a large number of major arteries providing access to all parts of the city with sidewalks and buildings setback from the road. Urban planning is critical in Anambra.

MKTINSIGHT, you are very intelligent. Thank you for your insightful contribution in this forum. I am learning a lot from you.

PROUDIGBO:
Ifeanyi Uba needs to slim down a bit.

The new inner-villa roads are a commendable effort, but could the contractor try and get rid of....or level all that earth they pilled up at the sides of the new road? If they can't evacuate it, they could get some boys to level it around with a shovel. Something worth doing is worth doing well.

The idea of leaving heap of sands on the sides of gutter is prevalent in all road construction in Nigeria. I DO NOT KNOW WHY !!! These sands END UP IN THE GUTTER and mess up the road and you know we do not care for roads by removing sands which takes half of our roads.
As suggested above by good observer PROUDIGBO, these sands should be removed entirely.
Meanwhile God bless all rich Ndigbo who are given back to their communities in terms of development instead of oppressively taking from them. May their bank account never dry.

asha80:
funnily it is the politician that makes infrastructural development happen

That's what they are paid to do. It is no rocket science.

SOUTHERN MILITARY OFFICERS ALWAYS DYING ! The two pilots are Yoruba and Ijaw officers

Please let's discuss infrastructural development and leave politicians to their intra and inter political squabbles.
Foolish citizens quarrel over politicians who after all meet and drink together despite their political differences.

Juliusmalema:
The thread is update about development in Anambra state where Anambra sons and daughters come to see the progress made do far by this administration and other private sectors.

If you are not from the state, you have no business been here.

Rather go to pan igbo thread and drop your suggestion there and this available will lead and air their views.

OK being Anambra person means you have to be UNCIVILIZED and abuse everyone. Is that what you mean? Well I am an Anambra man and very eager to see development in Anambra State but we would not allow miscreants, cultists and political thugs here to paint Anambra people as UNCULTURED AND UNCOUTH CRETINS.

Why are many contributors in this forum so UNCIVILIZED? Why so much abuses here. There is no tolerance here. Is it the cruel Nigerian situation that has made many to behave very aggressively?

investnow2013:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWT-dwIr9w

As it is International Cargo Airport, shouldn't the cargo terminal/warehouses be also constructed immediately because Anambra based business persons would like to cargo some of their goods?

Rocksvibes234:
Airpeace has already place reserved for his airline at Anambra International Airport,
Impressive

When will Air Peace and Havila Air visit to put blocks on ground. I detest all these spurious grandstanding and hope upon hope without anything on ground.

People insulting fellow Igbos whether Ebonyi or Anambra or Abia here are born throw away efulefus and low lives.
That is my summary !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g7N45XXzwU

PLEASE CAN IMO STATE GOVERNMENT PERSUADE THIS GREAT HOTELIER MR PAUL ONWUANIBE TO COME DEVELOP OGUTA LAKE
There is great tourism potential in turning Oguta lake to another Izmir Turkey

Reminds me of the roads in Turkey !
If governors steal only 50% of the states resources, they will build infrastructure like Governor Umahi.

On the Rehabilitation of Eastern Narrow Guage Rail Line

Amaechi cried to the Fulani Cabal that he has nothing to show his Eastern Nigerian people as achievement except the Daura to Maradi Niger Republic and the Lagos - Ibadan Rail lines.
Amaechi told them he cannot go home and face his people again.
The Fulani cabal then decided to save their good boy Amaechi at least by half by inaugurating the rehabilitation of the Eastern COLONIAL NARROW GUAGE Railway.
So while the West and North are enjoying Standard Guage of minimum 2 lines (lanes) East will continue with old colonial narrow guage that takes 3 DAYS to reach ILORIN from ENUGU !
Very shocking some imbecilic Igbos are defending Amaechi and his Fulani friends for this beggerly crumbs of narrow guage rail line.

collagiatepaper:
Please where's the source of this market gossip? You just pulled something from your ass and posted here. The only thing we know is that Delta is about to concession their airport. Please where is the source of the highlighted parts? Oh your observation after taking weed? Please take your observation back to your house, it is useless and worthless conjectures.

Pioneering Concession of State-owned Airport
February 26, 2021 3:12 am
Chinedu Eze
Thisday

The Delta State Government recently signed concession agreement and handed over the Asaba International Airport to a private investor for management. Chinedu Eze writes that this may be the key to sustaining the airport and other aerodromes owned by state governments

The decision to hand over the Asaba International Airport to private investors by the Delta state government last Tuesday could be described as a radical departure from the past and an opportunity to sustain the airport and make it viable.

What has been common in Nigeria is where some state governments would build airports, largely out of infatuation and idealistic projections of the benefits, but narrowly to create an opportunity to airlift governors, their acolytes, the upper class and family members from their own state capitals without thinking of the continuous stream of funds that must be made available to sustain the maintenance and management of such airports.

Subsequently, some states would hit a cul-de-sac in the area of funding; then they approach the federal government and request that the airports should be taken over by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

Sagged by such huge responsibility, FAAN with limited sources of revenue is beset with huge fiscal demands that it fails to effectively management these airports.

But the Governor of Delta state, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa found a niche in concession and thus handed over the maintenance, expansion and modernisation of the airport to private investors. By that action, the Governor has aligned himself with modern trends of efficient airport management.

Why Concession?

The Governor during the concession agreement explained why government decided to concession the airport.
“Moving forward, we choose concession as the most viable option for the airports to be run professionally, efficiently and profitably for the overall good of the state,” he said.

He also disclosed that the consortium of investors were expected to expend at least N28 billion on various developmental investments on the airport over the 30 years concession period.

Okowa further said the consortium was expected to make the payment of N1 billion to the state within 15 days of commencement of activities, while another sum of N100 million was expected from the concessionaire annually and would be escalated every five years, noting that the new arrangement would boost economic and social activities in the state.

He explained that the government concessioned the airport to FIDC-Menzies Consortium as the preferred bidder to operate as the Master Concessionaire, while others would act as sub-concessionaires for the entire concession years.

The consortium has technical partners like Air Peace as the Anchor Airline and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operator, Multifreight Cargo and Logistics; for cargo and logistics centre, Arbico Construction Company; to develop the business park, hotel and convention centre, Rainoil Limited and Cybernetics Limited; to develop the tank farm and provide aviation fuel, while Quorum Aviation Limited would develop and manage the private jet and helicopter terminal.

Okowa said the airport could only be made more efficient when handed over to private investors whom he said were experienced in management of airports.

He explained that at inception, the vision of the government was to make airport a regional hub for exportation of agricultural produce for the country, but lamented that it suffered a huge setback some few years back when it was downgraded to Cat 111 by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) due to drop in standards.

He added that the concessionaire should be responsible for the management, operation and maintenance of the airport, keeping the airport in good operating condition throughout the concession period at his own cost and risk and in accordance with industry practice, and the provisions of the agreements.

Rebuilding the Airport

After the airport was downgraded by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) due to lack of safety critical facilities, the Okowa-led administration had to reconstruct the runway, construct perimeter fences, upgrade the Instrument Landing System (ILS) and other facilities, leading to its upgrade by the regulatory agency.

According to him, the new initiative by the state government had attracted new investors, new airlines, which now jostle to operate to the airport and improved economic activities for the state.

“It is the business of the Master Concessionaire to manage the airport, develop the cargo, hotel and conference centre, airlines operating into the airport and the MRO facilities among others.

“The name of the airport shall remain Asaba International Airport and there shall be no new other Greenfield airport within the concession period. Also, 20 per cent of its staff must be from Delta State and there should be mandatory capital project to be completed with the three years of commencement.”

The Governor remarked that it was important that the citizens of the state were kept abreast of the new developments about the airport, “so that they know that we are truly transparent, because from day one, in all the processes, we actually have stayed on course in being transparent.”

“We want our people to know that this decision is taken in the best interest of the state and the people of Delta State. And because we know that it is difficult for state governments to directly run airports and run it in the way that they should and actually bring maximum benefits to the people, we decided to go this route. And I want our people in Delta State to know that the decisions we have taken and the signing ceremony with our concessionaires today is actually in the best interest of the people of Delta State. And I hope that other states with state airports will follow suit.

“My good people of Delta with over N20 billion expected to be pumped into the airport development by the consortium over the concession period, the benefits to the state in terms of employment generation, economic growth, and tourism potential are enormous,” Okowa said.
In his remarks, during the ceremony, the Chairman, Asaba Airport Company Limited, Mr. Adebisi Adebutu, assured that the management would rebrand the airport and make it one of the best within the continent.

He recalled that it all started in 2016, in line with the vision of Okowa to bring economic and infrastructure impact to the state via the airport concession. After a vigorous and transplant selection process in 2019, the FIDC-Menzies Consortium emerged the preferred bidder of the concession.

“For the sake of clarity, the Asaba International airport was initiated by the Delta State government in 2008, as part of the strategic objectives to create an economic platform to open the stage to the global marketplace.

“The airport, which has been under operational management of the state government institutions with technical support from federal regulatory agencies, was unfortunately downgraded in May 2019, due to the safety concerns identified by regulatory agencies.
“As a result, the airport maintained limited shuttle flight operations in recent years.

However, the Okowa administration in fulfillment of its responsibility to reposition the airport facility embarked on the rehabilitation of key infrastructure within the airport to resolve the regulatory identify challenges, which led to the downgrade. The rehabilitation work was successfully completed and the airport upgraded to category six by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,” he said.
Benefits of the Concession

Generally airports are known globally not to make run-away profits but they provide very critical service that buoys the economy of every nation and they also create jobs for the people. Industry stakeholders in Nigeria have variously frowned at the airports built by state governments because they are seen as waste of funds, as they don’t provide the needed jobs and many of them operate under conditions that compromise international standard, as stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

But the Asaba airport has proved them wrong because since it was established it has provided essential flight service to air travellers in Delta and Anambra states. And the problem of funding the airport has been solved by the Delta state government with the concession of the airport.

The industry consultant and CEO of Belujane Konsult, Chris Alike confirmed this to THISDAY when he spoke during the agreement ceremony in Asaba.

“The benefits of the concession are multidimensional; the first is that it frees the funds the government has made expending on the airport. So that relief is immense and it is humongous given what the government has spent over the years in trying to bring the airport to what it is presently.

“Secondly, it creates an opportunity for a world-class airport, world-class infrastructure to be developed here. And the approach they have taken is the approach that has not been taken taking anywhere in the world.

“The models they have adopted is a model that will expand business opportunities, increase employment for the people, and sooner than later property rates and everything will rise in Asaba and that will be to a greater benefits of developers and those who will come into this place.

“Asaba will become a distillation as this is likely to be a gateway airport to the south-south and south east. And if and only if the federal government does not or is not allowed by all the controversies to concession all the other airports, this airport will eventually become number one airport in the country, in terms of facilities, in terms of attraction and ambience, in terms of being a destination,” Aligbe said.
He said that in term of economic gains that would flow from the airport concession would be immense.

“Nobody can fully imagine it. This will be a lesson to other governors, who today, spend so much money building airports, and then turn around to hand it over the FAAN. There should be a bandwagon effect from what has happened here.

“If that happens, FAAN will be relieved of present burden of managing what today is called unviable airports. All airports can be viable if you determine how to go ahead and the only way to do it is to bring those who know how to manage airports. And that is a true concession,” he said.

Competition

Aligbe also dismissed the fear that when a new airport is built in Anambra state it would reduce the passenger traffic at the Asaba International Airport, recognising that presently the airport is also the gate way to air travellers in Anambra state.

“Let me tell you, it is going to be a major problem for both airports (Anambra and Asaba). This is because after the construction of the new Niger Bridge, Nnewi will be closer to Asaba than where the new airport is located. Onitsha is closer to Asaba than to Awka. So what will determine the choice for the people is the service each airport will offer,” Aligbe added.

It is also the view of many in the aviation industry that the concession of Asaba airport would provide it with enviable, efficient service that will place it above other airports in the country.

CONCESSIONING OF ASABA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

He explained that the government concessioned the airport to FIDC-Menzies Consortium as the preferred bidder to operate as the Master Concessionaire, while others would act as sub-concessionaires for the entire concession years.

The consortium has technical partners like Air Peace as the Anchor Airline and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operator, Multifreight Cargo and Logistics; for cargo and logistics centre, Arbico Construction Company; to develop the business park, hotel and convention centre, Rainoil Limited and Cybernetics Limited; to develop the tank farm and provide aviation fuel, while Quorum Aviation Limited would develop and manage the private jet and helicopter terminal.

MY OBSERVATIONS
1.......Air Peace will be Anchor Airline in Asaba airport........I thought Anambra Airport was supposed to be the hub of Air Peace. What is happening?
2.......Air Peace will be the MRO operator in Asaba Airport.........But Air Peace promised to build MRO in Anambra Airport. Did Obiano chase him away?
3......RainOil will develop Tank Farm and Aviation Fuel.................Why is Orient Petroleum or other Anambra Oil and Gas magnets not involved in developing Aviation Dump so that Anambra Airport will be aviation refuelling centre?
I am afraid bad politics is creeping in to destroy our anticipated airport before it berths. Please can someone tell Obiano to act fast and play selfless politics with this project.

martinect2803:
Year in year out, ofu akụkọ.
Ụ̀na no dey tire?
Zukwanụnụ ike.
We are tired of hearing, start implementing.

It is election time. NIWA DG is George Moghalu. He wants to contest Anambra Gubernatorial election under APC. He will do all possible to drag containers including empty ones on barges to Onitsha. There will be fake fanfare. Immediately after elections, whether he wins or not. No more barges will come to Onitsha. They will find excuses of silt or low water level. That is the game plan. Pastors play their own, politicians play theirs. And my people are dazed and dumb