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CHANGE YOUR WAYS NDIIGBO, IF U ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DONT SAY IT UNTIL U HAVE COMMENCE IT.


IF U ARE DEALING WITH AVIATION, STAY ON IT AND FINISH BEFORE GOING TO BUILD AMUSMENT P[ARK.


I THOUGHT SOLUDO WOULD STAY ON THAT AIRPORT, WE ONLY HAD A FEW OTHER THINGS TO DO THERE AND IT IS COMPLETE.


I'M NOT AGAINST BUILDING EWKULOBIA BUT OUR SECOND CITY IS NNEWI, WHAT HAVE BEEN DONE THERE?


WAS THE MALL BUILT IN EKWULOBIA NOT ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR NNEWI?


LIKE I SIAD, CLANNISHNESS OF THE MOST HATED PEOPLE IS SELF DESTRUCTION.

LISTEN TO THE LAST PART OF THAT LADY STATEMENT .

I HAVE NEVER HEARD A PEOPLE FEEL MORE ENTITLED IN MY LIFE.


THIS IS IGBO PEOPLE GIVEN JUST 20NAIRA ATTHE END OF THE WAR FROM THEIR SAVING WILL NOW ENSURE THE BENEFIT OF HIS SWEAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND NATION.


THAT IS A NEXT LEVEL OF HATRED AND MUST BE TOTALLY REJECTED.

THERE BEEF WITH IVM IS THAT HE HAD THE WISDOM TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS TO HIS HOME TOWN.

WITH THE IGBO MUST GO BREWING IN LAGOS, MORE INVESTMENT THERE IS LUDICRUOUS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up5cp2tnjKU

legitnow1:
LISTEN TO THE LAST PART OF THAT LADY STATEMENT .

I HAVE NEVER HEARD A PEOPLE FEEL MORE ENTITLED IN MY LIFE.


THIS IS IGBO PEOPLE GIVEN JUST 20NAIRA ATTHE END OF THE WAR FROM THEIR SAVING WILL NOW ENSURE THE BENEFIT OF HIS SWEAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND NATION.


THAT IS A NEXT LEVEL OF HATRED AND MUST BE TOTALLY REJECTED.

THERE BEEF WITH IVM IS THAT HE HAD THE WISDOM TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS TO HIS HOME TOWN.

WITH THE IGBO MUST GO BREWING IN LAGOS, MORE INVESTMENT THERE IS LUDICRUOUS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up5cp2tnjKU

Why are you writing in caps ?

legitnow1:
LISTEN TO THE LAST PART OF THAT LADY STATEMENT .

I HAVE NEVER HEARD A PEOPLE FEEL MORE ENTITLED IN MY LIFE.


THIS IS IGBO PEOPLE GIVEN JUST 20NAIRA ATTHE END OF THE WAR FROM THEIR SAVING WILL NOW ENSURE THE BENEFIT OF HIS SWEAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND NATION.


THAT IS A NEXT LEVEL OF HATRED AND MUST BE TOTALLY REJECTED.

THERE BEEF WITH IVM IS THAT HE HAD THE WISDOM TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS TO HIS HOME TOWN.

WITH THE IGBO MUST GO BREWING IN LAGOS, MORE INVESTMENT THERE IS LUDICRUOUS.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up5cp2tnjKU

It's a good development altogether.

Gucciboy:
Born and brought up in Utuh community,Nnewi south LGA

Went to the prestigious Master's Vessel Seminary,Osumenyi owned by Diocese of Amichi Anglican Communion.

You should check history of who you're talking with because you're not more Anambra than me.

We're making intelligent argument here based on reality and facts not apga propaganda or dick measuring

One doesn't debate with a madman. Ekwulobia is a community of villages. It is not a city by any definition of the term which is population density, complex infrastructure and systems.

Soludo is certainly slipping. He started off well but he surrounds himself like a village headmaster with people who have done little. Minus roads and interventions in health and education what can soludo claim as his achievements?

Transport - total rubbish with keke, shuttle, barrow, iron kwandem and urchins from abakaliki and nsukka making a mess of urban areas

Industry - Obiano built shoe cluster at oba. Soludo? Amusement Park. ICC is a mockery with unfinished parking.

Agriculture - What has he done? Nothing.

Sports - Awka Stadium field falling apart from lack of maintenence. Onitsha stadium completely derelict

Markets - a mess from Onitsha to Nnewi to Awka. Thousands of shops with little water infrastructure and toilet facilities.

Environment - Anambra has gone back to dropping bins at areas and taking time to evacuate waste.

Street lights - majority of the solar lights installed by Soludo are dead showing his record in awarding contracts to unqualified companies.

Security - The less said the better.

intersting!

You are well known for being a night owl. Anambra under Soludo is the best in southeast.
Insecuity is more in imo and Enugu states.

Anambra has the biggest economy in SE. Anambra under Soludo is cleaner than any state in SE. Anambra under Soludo has attracted more investments than any other state in Igboland. Anambra markets stands out as the most organized than any state in the region. That’s why indigenes of other SE states particularly, Imo, Ebonyi and Enugu states troop to Anambra to live and invest.

Today Anambra has got four cities from Onitsha to Awka, Nnewi and now Ekwulobia.

Anambra shall continue to be the most developed Igbo state.

Ekwulobia here to stay as Anambra fourth city.

abuzz33:
One doesn't debate with a madman. Ekwulobia is a community of villages. It is not a city by any definition of the term which is population density, complex infrastructure and systems.
Soludo is certainly slipping. He started off well but he surrounds himself like a village headmaster with people who have done little. Minus roads and interventions in health and education what can soludo claim as his achievements?
Transport - total rubbish with keke, shuttle, barrow, iron kwandem and urchins from abakaliki and nsukka making a mess of urban areasIndustry - Obiano built shoe cluster at oba. Soludo? Amusement Park. ICC is a mockery with unfinished parking.Agriculture - What has he done? Nothing.
Sports - Awka Stadium field falling apart from lack of maintenence. Onitsha stadium completely derelict
Markets - a mess from Onitsha to Nnewi to Awka. Thousands of shops with little water infrastructure and toilet facilities.
Environment - Anambra has gone back to dropping bins at areas and taking time to evacuate waste.
Street lights - majority of the solar lights installed by Soludo are dead showing his record in awarding contracts to unqualified companies.
Security - The less said the better.l

Onitsha is indeed the greatest Igbo city

abuzz33:
One doesn't debate with a madman. Ekwulobia is a community of villages. It is not a city by any definition of the term which is population density, complex infrastructure and systems.

Soludo is certainly slipping. He started off well but he surrounds himself like a village headmaster with people who have done little. Minus roads and interventions in health and education what can soludo claim as his achievements?

Transport - total rubbish with keke, shuttle, barrow, iron kwandem and urchins from abakaliki and nsukka making a mess of urban areas

Industry - Obiano built shoe cluster at oba. Soludo? Amusement Park. ICC is a mockery with unfinished parking.

Agriculture - What has he done? Nothing.

Sports - Awka Stadium field falling apart from lack of maintenence. Onitsha stadium completely derelict

Markets - a mess from Onitsha to Nnewi to Awka. Thousands of shops with little water infrastructure and toilet facilities.

Environment - Anambra has gone back to dropping bins at areas and taking time to evacuate waste.

Street lights - majority of the solar lights installed by Soludo are dead showing his record in awarding contracts to unqualified companies.

Security - The less said the better.

Ekwulobia is a township that has all the potentials to achieve a city status by incorporating neighboring towns

MKPUOGALIGA:
Ekwulobia is a township that has all the potentials to achieve a city status by incorporating neighboring towns

Hate or love him ! Soludo scored a hat trick and hit the bull's eye with construction and proposed construction of the dualized Awka-Ekwuluobia-Uga road, the Agulu-nnewi- Okija dual road.........and now dualization of Ekwuluobia-Oko-Ufuma road and lastly the Ekwuluobia-Igbo Ukwu-nnobi-nnobi dualized road...( I hope he extends this last road to nkpor)!

with the completion of these contracts all our major towns have been connected seamlessly........now anambra state can now truly feel like a small state!

Eboofa:
Hate or love him ! Soludo scored a hat trick and hit the bull's eye with construction and proposed construction of the dualized Awka-Ekwuluobia-Uga road, the Agulu-nnewi- Okija dual road.........and now dualization of Ekwuluobia-Oko-Ufuma road and lastly the Ekwuluobia-Igbo Ukwu-nnobi-nnobi dualized road...( I hope he extends this last road to nkpor)!

with the completion of these contracts all our major towns have been connected seamlessly........now anambra state can now truly feel like a small state!

That's his only achievement. But you know what makes economies great? Cities. Building a road from London to Newcastle is nice but better is building London itself.

Cities are living complex forms of human organization. If you dont get transport, power, water, sewage, drainage, waste and planning right you end up with a GHETTO. Anambra Cities are badly planned. Government provides little to nothing and it shows with the filth and chaos and primitivity. Civilization is built on order and science not what you see in Nigeria.

WE ARE NOT AGAINST PERSON IN GOVERNMENT TAKING DEVELOPMENT TO HIS HOMETOWN



HOWEVER, A STATE SHOULD HAVE A MASTER PLAN.



EVERYWHERE CANNOT BE CITIES.



FLYOVER DONT AND SUPERMARKET DONT MAKE CTIES.


IN ANAMBRA TODAY ASIDE ONITSHA, MAJORITY OF THE STATE REVENUE COMES FROM NNEWI.



SO, I WILL URGE NR GOVERNOR TO TRY AND BUILD FLYOVER, GOOD ROADS AND MALL AT NNEWI.



AS OF TODAY, ASIDE ONITSHA, AKWA THE THIRD CITY IS NNEWI.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QojJo75DLr4

Mktinsight switch to your real moniker. You are known for discrediting every good project in Anambra, this was how you said all manner of stuff against Chinua Achebe international airport, today it is completed now up and running. You said the same thing about Awka ICC. Now you are on Ekwuluobia issue. Yes, Ekwuluobia is now a city, I don’t know why that reality is bothering you. Yes, Anambra cities are the best planned Igboland. Onitsha is infact the best planned Igbo city. Anambra Cities are cleaner and organized than other cities in southeast. Anambra is the most prosperous state in southeast. That’s why most indigenes of other SE states particularly Imo and Ebonyi all live in Anambra. You are suddenly bringing UK into the debate. Whatever propaganda you state here won’t fly. Anambra shall continue to lead as the most developed Igbo state with four good cities of Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and Ekwulobia.

abuzz33:
That's his only achievement. But you know what makes economies great? Cities. Building a road from London to Newcastle is nice but better is building London itself.
Cities are living complex forms of human organization. If you dont get transport, power, water, sewage, drainage, waste and planning right you end up with a GHETTO. Anambra Cities are badly planned. Government provides little to nothing and it shows with the filth and chaos and primitivity. Civilization is built on order and science not what you see in Nigeria.

You are very correct

Eboofa:
Hate or love him ! Soludo scored a hat trick and hit the bull's eye with construction and proposed construction of the dualized Awka-Ekwuluobia-Uga road, the Agulu-nnewi- Okija dual road.........and now dualization of Ekwuluobia-Oko-Ufuma road and lastly the Ekwuluobia-Igbo Ukwu-nnobi-nnobi dualized road...( I hope he extends this last road to nkpor)!

with the completion of these contracts all our major towns have been connected seamlessly........now anambra state can now truly feel like a small state!

SpaceTour:
Mktinsight switch to your real moniker. You are known for discrediting every good project in Anambra, this was how you said all manner of stuff against Chinua Achebe international airport, today it is completed now up and running. You said the same thing about Awka ICC. Now you are on Ekwuluobia issue. Yes, Ekwuluobia is now a city, I don’t know why that reality is bothering you. Yes, Anambra cities are the best planned Igboland. Onitsha is infact the best planned Igbo city. Anambra Cities are cleaner and organized than other cities in southeast. Anambra is the most prosperous state in southeast. That’s why most indigenes of other SE states particularly Imo and Ebonyi all live in Anambra. You are suddenly bringing UK into the debate. Whatever propaganda you state here won’t fly. Anambra shall continue to lead as the most developed Igbo state with four good cities of Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi and Ekwulobia.

SOMEBODY WAS ASKING ME WHY I LEFT LAST TIME.


IT IS BECAUSE THINGS FALL APART.


WHY DONT U CALL THE WHOLE ANAMBRA A CITY, INCLUDING AGULERI WHERE OBIANO BUILT AIRPORT.

NNA, IF IT IS LIKE THIS LET US JUST REMAIN IN NIGERIA AND KEEP DEVELOPING LAGOS AND ABUJA.


I THOUGHT IGBO PEOPLE HAD SENSE.

legitnow1:
NNA, IF IT IS LIKE THIS LET US JUST REMAIN IN NIGERIA AND KEEP DEVELOPING LAGOS AND ABUJA.


I THOUGHT IGBO PEOPLE HAD SENSE.

Don't worry about chino typing from his unpainted one room self con in Port Harcourt about Anambra. We will look beyond propaganda and tell the truth.

Let govt folks continue turning Anambra into another Indian hovel with barrow, keke, iron kwandem wandering the streets like cattle. This is Soludos Dubai Taiwan. Primitivity on display.

The guy is very correct. You are well known for discrediting every single project in Anambra. You didn’t start today, you did that with airport, ICC, etc. Barrow, keke, iron kwandem are more in other states, go and tackle it. Anambra shall continue to win. Soludo has continued to transform Anambra as the only destination for good people and great investors.

abuzz33:
Don't worry about chino typing from his unpainted one room self con in Port Harcourt about Anambra. We will look beyond propaganda and tell the truth.
Let govt folks continue turning Anambra into another Indian hovel with barrow, keke, iron kwandem wandering the streets like cattle. This is Soludos Dubai Taiwan. Primitivity on display.

Beautiful city of Awka

Alariiwo:
You call this development?

You went to snap one major road to deceive your likes.. What of the erosion gullies and death traps all over Anambra?
Go and reclaim those places from erosion if you want anyone to take you serious.

Show us the pictures of Dapo Abiodun's Ogun State projects let's see.


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ANSMEDIA:
Beautiful city of Awka

Obodo oyibo. Whoa!

https://anambrapeople.com.ng/2025/09/19/how-our-people-made-me-dump-enugu-for-lagos-in-actualizing-our-n32billion-mro-project-allen-onyema/
MRO sited in Lagos because of difficulties securing land in the Southeast -

Igbo people never wanted to make land available for construction of multi million dollars MOR facility in either Enugu or Anambra. The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Chief Allen Onyema, has accused Ndigbo of being resistant to development of their territory, in the south east.


Onyema's allegation came after an allegation by certain Igbo people that he (Onyema) left the south east to situate a multi million dollars Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos instead of the south east.

Onyema washed his hands off the allegation, stating that it were the same Igbo people who never wanted to make land available for construction of the facility in either Enugu or Anambra.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently, flagged off the commencement of the construction of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, which sparked the allegation against Onyema.


When the project is completed, Nigerian airlines, the presidential fleet, and the Nigeria Air Force fleet would no more ferry their aircraft to overseas facilities for major checks, which gulps a lot of foreign exchange.

The facility will save Nigerian domestic carriers about N360 billion worth of foreign exchange annually, as Air Peace alone spends about N180 billion on maintenance in one year. The facility will create approximately 50,000 jobs and will be situated on a vast 34,000 square meter land at the Lagos airport.


The MRO will also attract airlines from West and Central Africa, other parts of the world to bring their aircraft to be maintained here in Nigeria and thus bring in foreign exchange because such facility is in high demand all over the world.

Reacting to the accusation against him, Onyema said that he made every effort to site the project in the south east but was agreed to buy any land for the project that is taking 34,000 square meters of land.

He rejected the accusations by citizens of the South-East that he neglected his home base in citing the billion-naira MRO at Lagos Airport instead of Enugu or Anambra Airports.

He said that Air Peace was frustrated out of its original intention to site the project at Enugu Airport after approval by the Enugu State Government and investment of millions.

Onyema said, “On the Enugu thing, please check some news stories during the government of Governor Ugwuanyi. I visited the state officially several times, held meetings with the governor and his cabinet on my intention to be given land to build this MRO that, by God’s grace, will become the biggest in Africa on completion.

"Our intentions were announced. In fairness, the Governor truly wanted. However, the usual intrigues and selfish interests from unknown others thwarted our intentions. No one gave us the land. Some families started claiming ownership of some lands anticipated to be given to us. Airport land! The conflicts started. All my shuttles to Enugu came to nothing. I was pained.

"At the Anambra Airport, I paid for land for the MRO facility. I paid over N100m for land there. The next thing was some community and families warning me that the land at the airport belonged to them. That the state government had no right to even build the airport without their permission!

I moved on. The land is still there. I believe the time has come for Igbos to look in the mirror and see who their true enemies are. When they gaze into the mirror, the real enemy will be staring back at them. Let us, as a people, undertake self-examination before we start complaining!

"We moan a lot about everything, blaming everyone, every other tribe, except ourselves! We are destroying the Igbo land ourselves while blaming others."

abuzz33:
MRO sited in Lagos because of difficulties securing land in the Southeast -

Igbo people never wanted to make land available for construction of multi million dollars MOR facility in either Enugu or Anambra. The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Chief Allen Onyema, has accused Ndigbo of being resistant to development of their territory, in the south east.


Onyema's allegation came after an allegation by certain Igbo people that he (Onyema) left the south east to situate a multi million dollars Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos instead of the south east.

Onyema washed his hands off the allegation, stating that it were the same Igbo people who never wanted to make land available for construction of the facility in either Enugu or Anambra.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently, flagged off the commencement of the construction of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, which sparked the allegation against Onyema.


When the project is completed, Nigerian airlines, the presidential fleet, and the Nigeria Air Force fleet would no more ferry their aircraft to overseas facilities for major checks, which gulps a lot of foreign exchange.

The facility will save Nigerian domestic carriers about N360 billion worth of foreign exchange annually, as Air Peace alone spends about N180 billion on maintenance in one year. The facility will create approximately 50,000 jobs and will be situated on a vast 34,000 square meter land at the Lagos airport.


The MRO will also attract airlines from West and Central Africa, other parts of the world to bring their aircraft to be maintained here in Nigeria and thus bring in foreign exchange because such facility is in high demand all over the world.

Reacting to the accusation against him, Onyema said that he made every effort to site the project in the south east but was agreed to buy any land for the project that is taking 34,000 square meters of land.

He rejected the accusations by citizens of the South-East that he neglected his home base in citing the billion-naira MRO at Lagos Airport instead of Enugu or Anambra Airports.

He said that Air Peace was frustrated out of its original intention to site the project at Enugu Airport after approval by the Enugu State Government and investment of millions.

Onyema said, “On the Enugu thing, please check some news stories during the government of Governor Ugwuanyi. I visited the state officially several times, held meetings with the governor and his cabinet on my intention to be given land to build this MRO that, by God’s grace, will become the biggest in Africa on completion.

"Our intentions were announced. In fairness, the Governor truly wanted. However, the usual intrigues and selfish interests from unknown others thwarted our intentions. No one gave us the land. Some families started claiming ownership of some lands anticipated to be given to us. Airport land! The conflicts started. All my shuttles to Enugu came to nothing. I was pained.

"At the Anambra Airport, I paid for land for the MRO facility. I paid over N100m for land there. The next thing was some community and families warning me that the land at the airport belonged to them. That the state government had no right to even build the airport without their permission!

I moved on. The land is still there. I believe the time has come for Igbos to look in the mirror and see who their true enemies are. When they gaze into the mirror, the real enemy will be staring back at them. Let us, as a people, undertake self-examination before we start complaining!

"We moan a lot about everything, blaming everyone, every other tribe, except ourselves! We are destroying the Igbo land ourselves while blaming others."

Did he got the Lagos land for free? There's a difference between government taking land for overriding public interest and an individual seeking land for business purposes. Land is premium in the SE, some communities have less than a thousand hectares for themselves and their future generations. It will unfair to take without giving them a fair amount in return. Even dangote paid a 100M dollars for his refinery land in Lagos

abuzz33:
MRO sited in Lagos because of difficulties securing land in the Southeast -

Igbo people never wanted to make land available for construction of multi million dollars MOR facility in either Enugu or Anambra. The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Chief Allen Onyema, has accused Ndigbo of being resistant to development of their territory, in the south east.


Onyema's allegation came after an allegation by certain Igbo people that he (Onyema) left the south east to situate a multi million dollars Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos instead of the south east.

Onyema washed his hands off the allegation, stating that it were the same Igbo people who never wanted to make land available for construction of the facility in either Enugu or Anambra.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently, flagged off the commencement of the construction of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, which sparked the allegation against Onyema.


When the project is completed, Nigerian airlines, the presidential fleet, and the Nigeria Air Force fleet would no more ferry their aircraft to overseas facilities for major checks, which gulps a lot of foreign exchange.

The facility will save Nigerian domestic carriers about N360 billion worth of foreign exchange annually, as Air Peace alone spends about N180 billion on maintenance in one year. The facility will create approximately 50,000 jobs and will be situated on a vast 34,000 square meter land at the Lagos airport.


The MRO will also attract airlines from West and Central Africa, other parts of the world to bring their aircraft to be maintained here in Nigeria and thus bring in foreign exchange because such facility is in high demand all over the world.

Reacting to the accusation against him, Onyema said that he made every effort to site the project in the south east but was agreed to buy any land for the project that is taking 34,000 square meters of land.

He rejected the accusations by citizens of the South-East that he neglected his home base in citing the billion-naira MRO at Lagos Airport instead of Enugu or Anambra Airports.

He said that Air Peace was frustrated out of its original intention to site the project at Enugu Airport after approval by the Enugu State Government and investment of millions.

Onyema said, “On the Enugu thing, please check some news stories during the government of Governor Ugwuanyi. I visited the state officially several times, held meetings with the governor and his cabinet on my intention to be given land to build this MRO that, by God’s grace, will become the biggest in Africa on completion.

"Our intentions were announced. In fairness, the Governor truly wanted. However, the usual intrigues and selfish interests from unknown others thwarted our intentions. No one gave us the land. Some families started claiming ownership of some lands anticipated to be given to us. Airport land! The conflicts started. All my shuttles to Enugu came to nothing. I was pained.

"At the Anambra Airport, I paid for land for the MRO facility. I paid over N100m for land there. The next thing was some community and families warning me that the land at the airport belonged to them. That the state government had no right to even build the airport without their permission!

I moved on. The land is still there. I believe the time has come for Igbos to look in the mirror and see who their true enemies are. When they gaze into the mirror, the real enemy will be staring back at them. Let us, as a people, undertake self-examination before we start complaining!

"We moan a lot about everything, blaming everyone, every other tribe, except ourselves! We are destroying the Igbo land ourselves while blaming others."

Allen Onyema is just trying to be economical with the truth. Maybe, he got the land in Lagos for free.

abuzz33:
MRO sited in Lagos because of difficulties securing land in the Southeast -

Igbo people never wanted to make land available for construction of multi million dollars MOR facility in either Enugu or Anambra. The Chairman of Air Peace airline, Chief Allen Onyema, has accused Ndigbo of being resistant to development of their territory, in the south east.


Onyema's allegation came after an allegation by certain Igbo people that he (Onyema) left the south east to situate a multi million dollars Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos instead of the south east.

Onyema washed his hands off the allegation, stating that it were the same Igbo people who never wanted to make land available for construction of the facility in either Enugu or Anambra.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently, flagged off the commencement of the construction of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, which sparked the allegation against Onyema.


When the project is completed, Nigerian airlines, the presidential fleet, and the Nigeria Air Force fleet would no more ferry their aircraft to overseas facilities for major checks, which gulps a lot of foreign exchange.

The facility will save Nigerian domestic carriers about N360 billion worth of foreign exchange annually, as Air Peace alone spends about N180 billion on maintenance in one year. The facility will create approximately 50,000 jobs and will be situated on a vast 34,000 square meter land at the Lagos airport.


The MRO will also attract airlines from West and Central Africa, other parts of the world to bring their aircraft to be maintained here in Nigeria and thus bring in foreign exchange because such facility is in high demand all over the world.

Reacting to the accusation against him, Onyema said that he made every effort to site the project in the south east but was agreed to buy any land for the project that is taking 34,000 square meters of land.

He rejected the accusations by citizens of the South-East that he neglected his home base in citing the billion-naira MRO at Lagos Airport instead of Enugu or Anambra Airports.

He said that Air Peace was frustrated out of its original intention to site the project at Enugu Airport after approval by the Enugu State Government and investment of millions.

Onyema said, “On the Enugu thing, please check some news stories during the government of Governor Ugwuanyi. I visited the state officially several times, held meetings with the governor and his cabinet on my intention to be given land to build this MRO that, by God’s grace, will become the biggest in Africa on completion.

"Our intentions were announced. In fairness, the Governor truly wanted. However, the usual intrigues and selfish interests from unknown others thwarted our intentions. No one gave us the land. Some families started claiming ownership of some lands anticipated to be given to us. Airport land! The conflicts started. All my shuttles to Enugu came to nothing. I was pained.

"At the Anambra Airport, I paid for land for the MRO facility. I paid over N100m for land there. The next thing was some community and families warning me that the land at the airport belonged to them. That the state government had no right to even build the airport without their permission!

I moved on. The land is still there. I believe the time has come for Igbos to look in the mirror and see who their true enemies are. When they gaze into the mirror, the real enemy will be staring back at them. Let us, as a people, undertake self-examination before we start complaining!

"We moan a lot about everything, blaming everyone, every other tribe, except ourselves! We are destroying the Igbo land ourselves while blaming others."

So where's the source for this?