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I don't know what happened to a sound mind like soludo? Common sense tells everyone that building another airport in anambra at this time is supposed not to be a major priority for now it doesn't make any economic sense. Anambra have the second smallest land mass in nigeria after lagos and most of the land are currently battling with erosion problems so I wonder why soludo think that calving out a huge land mass for another airport project should make any sense instead of investing the money in other critical infrastructural projects like stable power or intercity rail project which anambra currently lacks.

benardtotti:
We thought obi turned anambra to dubai? How come 95% of their roads are dirt roads.

Obi is not the governor of your Osun state.
Is he?

Helinuse:
Anambra never see good road finish.
Over 95% of their road are dirt roads,
Yet na 2 airport dem wan build.

I am not a fan of Soludo but you lie. I cannot recall any serious bad road in anambra.

Helinuse:
Obi is not the governor of your Osun state.
Is he?

Olodo uprising, when you can't counter hard facts you resort to funny claims , everyone in your liliputian mind comes from osun , na only osun and anambra exist for naija .my friend gedifok out of 👋

1Alex:
I am not a fan of Soludo but you lie. I cannot recall any serious bad road in anambra.

Even in America, there are bad roads,
But you have to lie.

PHIPEX:
Why is Soludo building another Airport when the current one has not been fully utilised?

Anambra is neighboured by Delta, Enugu and Imo, these 3 states have Airports meaning no matter where you are going to in any part of the state, there is an airport close to you. Why then are we wasting a scarce resource on this project?

If he is looking for a capital intensive project, why is he not thinking of rail?

rail to move which goods to which port?? Power generation that would have ripple effect on energy cost... Public transport infrastructure... Low cost Housing... Health insurance coverage/ access to affordable quality health care and education... Internet fiber connectivity..The list is endless one can keep going on. Instead of tackling the basics they prefer white elephant project just to loot..

benardtotti:
Olodo uprising, when you can't counter hard facts you resort to funny claims , everyone in your liliputian mind comes from osun , na only osun and anambra exist for naija .my friend gedifok out of 👋

E payn you shey?


Na the aim be dat, bro.

Helinuse:
Even in America, there are bad roads,
But you have to lie.

mention a bad road in urban Anambra. Just mention one.

Is it not this same Charles Soludo Igbo and Peter Obi haters always hype here and it makes one to wonder how deep those people hated Igbos that they always chose to praise those Igbo failures like Charles Soludo,Dave Umahi,Orji Uzor Kalu,Joe Igbokwe,etc who are known as Hausas,Fulanis and Yorubas slaves hahaha

jmoore:
Soludo and misplaced priorities.

Obiano built an airport. What is Anambra doing with 2 airports?
And he calls himself a professor.

The clown will name the airport 'solution airport'

That's obviously his major target to have an airport with his name on it, the man is just so obsessed with having his name on every project in anambra state, everywhere u turn is solution this solution that very childish, we never saw anything like this during Obi's tenure

Armaggedon:
Soludo is something else
Anambra is about the only southeast state without any plans for it's own power generation, which it needs more than any other south east state.

Guess what is more important to Soludo? Chasing pastors and native doctors, and wasting scares resources on a second airport project, when the new one is barley completed and underutilized. Of course he has to assuage his lowlife clannish cravings of having an airport in his zone.

Indeed, character is more important than certificate.

so agbero chairman won't give us steady light as promised

Helinuse:
Anambra never see good road finish.
Over 95% of their road are dirt roads,
Yet na 2 airport dem wan build.

Comot for here,, where do you know in anambra?

I nor like soludo and the untrained vigilante groups he installed everywhere,, but you see road infrastructure.
Leave am for am

I no know which school give this man professor. My local governor

1Alex:
mention a bad road in urban Anambra. Just mention one.

See this one.



No be only "urban Amabra"
Na "super Anambra."

IGBOPROMISE1:
It’s appalling how a state like Anambra is being run like a secret cult! It’s even more shocking how being governor has exposed Soludo as nothing more than a bitter and jealous person with little capacity to translate all the economic theories he espouses in class to actual socio-economic development in reality!

You must be on expired mkporu mirri if you mean Soludo is jealous of a clown like Obi.

* Soludo was a professor at a very young age while Obi spent over a decade in the university studying a lowly rated social science course
* Soludo was governor of CBN while Obi was just a common trader with little economic sense.
* Soludo is currently on his second term as governor of Anambra yet has already outperformee more than Obi because Obi was a disaster
* Soludo is 100times more respected at national level than Obi because Obi is seen as clown and a national disaster

Mrexcell:
I don't know what happened to a sound mind like soludo? Common sense tells everyone that building another airport in anambra at this time is supposed not to be a major priority for now it doesn't make any economic sense. Anambra have the second smallest land mass in nigeria after lagos and most of the land are currently battling with erosion problems so I wonder why soludo think that calving out a huge land mass for another airport project should make any sense instead of investing the money in other critical infrastructural projects like stable power or intercity rail project which anambra currently lacks.

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Check out all those politicians in the south east that people who hates the Igbos support and see how they behave.
Education doesn't change ones natural habits.

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The major concern should be erosion around that area.

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Clems79:
Waste of tax payers money, after this now what you will see is Anambra Air, God knows I won't risk my life

Lol, nah solution air. Everything here nah solution

stuffs2002:
You must be on expired mkporu mirri if you mean Soludo is jealous of a clown like Obi.

* Soludo was a professor at a very young age while Obi spent over a decade in the university studying a lowly rated social science course
* Soludo was governor of CBN while Obi was just a common trader with little economic sense.
* Soludo is currently on his second term as governor of Anambra yet has already outperformee more than Obi because Obi was a disaster
* Soludo is 100times more respected at national level than Obi because Obi is seen as clown and a national disaster

When he finish his tenure let him contest for president. I want check something

InvertedHammer:
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The major concern should be erosion around that area.

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major concern is why do we need another airport when the first one is not optimally used.

NaijaLandGuy:
Anambra needs a seaport

ANAMBRA DOESN'T NEED A SEAPORT BECAUSE ANAMBRA DOESN'T HAVE SEA.

ANAMBRA NEED A RIVER-PORT FOR LIGHTER AND SMALL SHIPS THOUGH THEY NEED TO DO A LOT OF DRAGGING FOR THAT TO WORK.

THESE ARE WHAT ANAMBRA NEED;
1. POWER PLANT
2. RAIL WAY
3. AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRIAL CITY/ INDUSTRIAL PARKS
4. INTERNATIONAL MARKET/TRADE CENTER/BUSINESS DISTRICT
5. GOOD ROADS FOR TRANSPORTATION/ MEANS.
6. MAYBE A RIVER PORT (THOUGH IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN)
7. UPGRADING THE CURRENT AIRPORT TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WITH CARGO WINGS

Gbam!

uunwanaobong3:
ANAMBRA DOESN'T NEED A SEAPORT BECAUSE ANAMBRA DOESN'T HAVE SEA.

ANAMBRA NEED A RIVER-PORT FOR LIGHTER AND SMALL SHIPS THOUGH THEY NEED TO DO A LOT OF DRAGGING FOR THAT TO WORK.

THESE ARE WHAT ANAMBRA NEED;
1. POWER PLANT
2. RAIL WAY
3. AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRIAL CITY/ INDUSTRIAL PARKS
4. INTERNATIONAL MARKET/TRADE CENTER/BUSINESS DISTRICT
5. GOOD ROADS FOR TRANSPORTATION/ MEANS.
6. MAYBE A RIVER PORT (THOUGH IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN)
7. UPGRADING THE CURRENT AIRPORT TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WITH CARGO WINGS

Makes no economic sense to set up another airport, irrespective of immediate reasons, i suspect runway size issues impacting type of airplanes that can land in current one. It is not necessary as it is very capital intensive. The state should focus on income generation. There is a level of financial sustainability a state gets to , it can afford to start some type of projects. I am disappointed with the Prof.

Helinuse:
Anambra never see good road finish.
Over 95% of their road are dirt roads,
Yet na 2 airport dem wan build.

Nigeria doesn't have as many airports as Kenya and SA. Airports are not just for passengers but also for security (drones) and cargo.

Always blasting yet will not chook head

Noneroone:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/07/13/odinkalu-blasts-governor-soludos-administration-over-secret-anambra-airport-project?fbclid=IwY2xjawTBuWJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4btRUybTmw5tBghyBfMkSseG6wHvznagpvkTQyEhYhApWwxNCD7zcRDMgXCA_aem_UmfyjaIASCKeftdyTCGDBA

Helinuse:
This man normally dey press neck of all our dubious politicians.

God bless him.

talk is cheap
Who him press epp

As in a real disappointment

And if he was never governor we will be thinking he has something to offer

Armaggedon:
Soludo is something else
Anambra is about the only southeast state without any plans for it's own power generation, which it needs more than any other south east state.

Guess what is more important to Soludo? Chasing pastors and native doctors, and wasting scares resources on a second airport project, when the new one is barley completed and underutilized. Of course he has to assuage his lowlife clannish cravings of having an airport in his zone.

Indeed, character is more important than certificate.

AsomughaChuks02:
Odinkalu is just bitter that Governor Soludo sacked him from the board of the state university for his incompetence. He is from Abia state and is jealous that Anambra is about to have a second airport while his own state has none. Besides, well respected technocrats in the field of transportation has like former corps marshal Osita Chidoka has given thumbs up to the second Anambra airport.

Please let us be realistic and leave politics or tribalism. Tell me the need for a second airport when the first has not been completely utilized?
Of all the problems facing Anambra state he chose to build a second airport he may not complete when the same money could have been used to build power plants and solar farms to truly ensure the industrialization of Anambra state.
Sometimes I just wonder how our leaders reason. I am amazed that a professor of Economics that did very well as cbn governor is failing miserably as a state governor.
I really had high hopes in him but I am terribly disappointed.

Noneroone:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/07/13/odinkalu-blasts-governor-soludos-administration-over-secret-anambra-airport-project?fbclid=IwY2xjawTBuWJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4btRUybTmw5tBghyBfMkSseG6wHvznagpvkTQyEhYhApWwxNCD7zcRDMgXCA_aem_UmfyjaIASCKeftdyTCGDBA

Building airport is one of the easiest way to siphon money by governors and that is why they all jostle to construct one even when glaringly they know it is not viable and a waste of resources. Even in USA as rich as they are not all states have an airport and some just have an airstrip. Some of the governors only construct airports and flyovers just for bragging right and don’t care where it leads to or economic value. The acclaimed professor doesn’t even care if the airport his predecessor built is functioning he is just desperate to be known as a governor that built an airport.

Noneroone:
https://saharareporters.com/2026/07/13/odinkalu-blasts-governor-soludos-administration-over-secret-anambra-airport-project?fbclid=IwY2xjawTBuWJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4btRUybTmw5tBghyBfMkSseG6wHvznagpvkTQyEhYhApWwxNCD7zcRDMgXCA_aem_UmfyjaIASCKeftdyTCGDBA

Prof Odinkalu's Selective Environmentalism With Obi Colouration. by CharlesCNG

Nobody serious should oppose ESIA compliance. If Anambra State is building a second airport, industrial city or aerotropolis in Ndikelionwu, the government should publish the relevant environmental documents, consult host communities, show compensation plans, disclose mitigation measures and remove ambiguity. That is basic governance.

But Odinkalu’s argument is not just about ESIA. It is wrapped in political suspicion.

First, this project has not been entirely “secret.” As far back as September 2025, Punch reported that Anambra officials spoke of a proposed airport and industrial park in Ndikelionwu, with the airport MD describing it as part of Soludo’s smart megacity/aerotropolis vision.

The same day, the government later pushed back, saying the report was speculative and that technical investigations were being done to determine suitable transport systems for the Anambra Mixed-use Industrial City. So the fair criticism is poor communication and policy inconsistency, not necessarily “secret airport” as if bulldozers landed from heaven at midnight.

Second, asking for ESIA is legitimate. Declaring the project doomed, secretive and a future white elephant before demanding and reviewing the actual documents is politics wearing environmental lab coat.

Third, the word “aerotropolis” is not automatically fraud. Many serious airport-city projects combine aviation, logistics, industry, housing and commercial corridors. The question is not whether the word sounds big. The question is whether Anambra has the traffic, funding model, land-use plan, investor structure, environmental approvals and long-term economic logic to sustain it.

That is where serious people should debate.

But because Soludo is involved, some Obidient-adjacent critics suddenly become environmental saints. If this was Peter Obi announcing “Anambra Dubai-Taiwan Airport City,” the same people would call it visionary, disruptive and world-class.

Let Soludo publish the ESIA. Let the host communities be consulted. Let compensation and ecological impact be clear. But let us also stop pretending that every Soludo project is automatically suspicious because he once told Obi hard political truths.

Environmental accountability is good.

Political bitterness wearing ESIA helmet is another thing entirely.

He is the first Technocrat politician I really have to call useless .

themanderon:
Please let us be realistic and leave politics or tribalism. Tell me the need for a second airport when the first has not been completely utilized?
Of all the problems facing Anambra state he chose to build a second airport he may not complete when the same money could have been used to build power plants and solar farms to truly ensure the industrialization of Anambra state.
Sometimes I just wonder how our leaders reason. I am amazed that a professor of Economics that did very well as cbn governor is failing miserably as a state governor.
I really had high hopes in him but I am terribly disappointed.

Sirleo05:
second airport ke ? in a none not too busy state.

Anmbra not too busy.........you must be drunk!