SlayerForever:
The airport being built in Anambra is primarily a cargo airport. Considering the high rate of economic activities in the state the airport should have being built atleast a decade ago, taking into cognisance the roads in the country are bad, there is no functional rail transport system, and the waterways in the East have been deliberately overlooked. So when you look at it, you realise the airport is even coming late. But it's better late than never. The airport should on paper, further boost the economy of the state, and the East in general. Also it should crash prices of imported goods coming into the state. In fact the benefits to the East are too numerous.

Afam4eva:

Before you start listing the airports in the north, you should tell us the distance between those airports and you will see why a new Airport, despite it's importance is not a top priority to the South East. Enugu to Wherever that airport is cannot be more than 1.5 hours. Asaba to that airport cannot be more than 1 hour and you think it makes sense for Anambra to build an airport. It's not as if the airport will be given an International status. The only thing it will do is to wrestle some traffic from Enugu and Asaba airports.

TEDHorsePower:
Nwanne, don't explain anything to those bitter frustrated people. They know the truth but most of them that are not Anambra people are just jittery about airport in Anambra. They know the implication of pulling and channeling Anambra passengers towards Anambra international airport. That's why they are all whining here.

Ngorbungor:


Your analysis is not adding up, IMO airport alone generate more traffic than the hole North Western States and North Eastern states and South Western states minus Lagos. And if you look very well Imo and Eungu airport are 4th and 6th busiest despite the closeness and small land mass. Please check FAAN website

https://www.faan.gov.ng/harmonized-passenger-movements-january-december-2018/

post=97024975:
I wonder why Anambra airport project generating so much debates than other ongoing airports in Nigeria, I finish reading a report by Thisday newspaper reporters on the same airport, on how they been monitoring the project and now it's turning into a reality, I guess it coming from Delta state, I came back from Lagos few days ago I noticed massive developments along Asaba airport, I remember before the airport was built in that axis that area was thick forest now many housing estates, hotels and what have you, now I understand the fear of neighbouring states, When we were small when we started hearing of previous governors proposing to built airport that many forces are against airport to be built in Anambra state, that was before Imo and Asaba airport was built, the fact that Anambra control traffic that feed these airport especially Enugu...

SlayerForever:
While the airports in the East may be too close together according to you, they still make much more economic sense than those obscure airports you're talking about in the North that are "well spaced". Those airports are of zero economic impact. Zero. In fact I daresay the economic impact is in the negative(-), those airports have taken more than they've given. They are complete wastes.

Ngorbungor:

My point exactly, Southeast might be small to compare other zone, but it generates more traffic than other zone if you remove Lagos, Abuja and PH.

if you check in 2017 and 2018

Owerri airport recorded 416,380 and 510,548 passengers,
Kano recorded 253,578 and 407,380,
Kaduna recorded 157,208 and 168,152.
Ibadan recorded 64,370 and 92,100 while
Akure recorded 26,384 and 62,386.

These shows that is not by land mass or how big you are but is the volume of economy activity in a state

SGANIVA:
anambra need an airport , railways, good road network which will be very beneficial to anambra and eastern region at large but this umueri airport should have been built around ogbunike ,ogidi where it be easily accessible by people from nnewi and all the market in onitsha .to expand anambra state economy ,the state government should dualise most of the road in onitsha metropolis ,stop over taxation, build more industrial estate ,lower the price of c OF o
build some independent power station like the ones in ogun State agbara , lastly connect enugu ,aba, nnewi and some neighboring towns with modern rail and watch anambra state economy challenge Lagos.
[size=8pt][/size] there is no road in onitsha currently

SlayerForever:
While the airports in the East may be too close together according to you, they still make much more economic sense than those obscure airports you're talking about in the North that are "well spaced". Those airports are of zero economic impact. Zero. In fact I daresay the economic impact is in the negative(-), those airports have taken more than they've given. They are complete wastes.

Afam4eva:

The fact that it makes more economic sense to build airports in east than the north does not mean it should be built. Are you competing with the north on who can build ore airports or you're building airports because you absolutely need it? Think about the east and stop thinking about the north.

Afam4eva:

The fact that it makes more economic sense to build airports in east than the north does not mean it should be built. Are you competing with the north on who can build ore airports or you're building airports because you absolutely need it? Think about the east and stop thinking about the north.

Afam4eva:

The fact that it makes more economic sense to build airports in east than the north does not mean it should be built. Are you competing with the north on who can build ore airports or you're building airports because you absolutely need it? Think about the east and stop thinking about the north.

Afam4eva:

The fact that it makes more economic sense to build airports in east than the north does not mean it should be built. Are you competing with the north on who can build ore airports or you're building airports because you absolutely need it? Think about the east and stop thinking about the north.

Freciprocal:


Uncle...

Are you against Anambra State building an airport or you are not comfortable with Anambra state competing with it's counterpart?

Rocksvibes234:
Currently Nigeria has 31 airports. Twenty six of them are operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

Obi1kenobi:


Ogun state, Nigeria's industrial capital, has been Nigeria's top recepient of Foreign Direct Investment for several years now, and it doesn't have any airport. There are capital investments that can bring investors, like gas pipelines to industrial clusters (which Ogun benefited heavily from since Obasanjo's presidency), or IPP power projects to deliver more output to the under-served Anambra grid. Imo state have had an airport for a very long time and it didn't transform the state. Enugu have had a Federal international airport for a long time and it hasn't done any magic in the state either: the little that they attracted in their state is the legacy of their days as capital of the Eastern region. For majority of states that own airports, it's just a money-guzzling vanity project that often decays because they are not self-sustaining without Federal government bailouts.

You are kidding yourself if you think an airport in Anambra will become a national flight hub that will transform Anambra. Incidentally, I'm picking my mum up from the Lagos airport on Tuesday from an Enugu flight. She's in Anambra and it should have been a Monday flight from Asaba but I couldn't find any flights to book for her in Asaba airport because there are so few flights from that airport. So I had to find a flight leaving Enugu and the earliest one I found was Tuesday. If Anambra residents can't make Asaba airport a busy flight hub, they won't do it either to an Anambra airport. Asaba airport is less than 5 minutes drive from Onitsha. You can literally see it from right across the Niger bridge. Far closer than most residents of Lagos are to MMA (you would expect at least an hour drive going from VI in Lagos to MMA). And that's not mentioning Enugu and Imo airports which also serve Anambrarians. We're surrounded by airports in a very small geographic area (Anambra, Enugu and Imo combined are smaller than most Northern states and even Southern states like Oyo and Cross River). So an airport won't work the magic many of you think it would. In light of far greater priorities in the state that could transform lives, I can only deduce that we're building it for vanity purposes so we can say "we sef get our own airport".

Afam4eva:

I'm all for Igbo economic integration and I'm not as myopic as some people. We need to use our comparative advantage to better the east.

TEDHorsePower:
Nwanne, don't explain anything to those bitter frustrated people. They know the truth but most of them that are not Anambra people are just jittery about airport in Anambra. They know the implication of pulling and channeling Anambra passengers towards Anambra international airport. That's why they are all whining here.

ChimaAdeoye:


GBAM!

You hit the nail on its head! Tell me any state in the southeast that deserves an airport more than Anambra? Worst still, they don't condemn the Abakaliki airport at all. WHY?? because they think it won't threaten the airports in their state.

Ndi ala!

Ngorbungor:


Your analysis is not adding up, IMO airport alone generate more traffic than the hole North Western States and North Eastern states and South Western states minus Lagos. And if you look very well Imo and Eungu airport are 4th and 6th busiest despite the closeness and small land mass. Please check FAAN website

https://www.faan.gov.ng/harmonized-passenger-movements-january-december-2018/

Obi1kenobi:

Which Imo generates more traffic than the whole North West states? Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto and Katsina are all in the North West? Kano + Kaduna are more than Imo.
No Anambra resident is affected by having no airport. Depending on what axis of Anambra you live in, Asaba, Owerri and Enugu airports are very close. So I don't buy the claim that air traffic in the SE would be significantly impacted. All that will happen is the surrounding airports will see less traffic when air traffic is shared among 4 states rather than 3. A cost-benefit analysis doesn't support many significant benefits to the investment.

SlayerForever:
The airport being built in Anambra is primarily a cargo airport. Considering the high rate of economic activities in the state the airport should have being built atleast a decade ago, taking into cognisance the roads in the country are bad, there is no functional rail transport system, and the waterways in the East have been deliberately overlooked. So when you look at it, you realise the airport is even coming late. But it's better late than never. The airport should on paper, further boost the economy of the state, and the East in general. Also it should crash prices of imported goods coming into the state and the East while also helping Anambra (which is gradually attaining self sufficency) get her goods out, for profit and forex. In fact the benefits to the East in general are too numerous.

Obi1kenobi:

t's a standard all-purpose airport. The "cargo airport" does not make any sense. Air freight is extremely expensive compared to standard shipping and truck transportation. Nobody will be transporting agro produce, textiles, cosmetics, auto parts etc with FedEx or DHL. I can assure you the overwhelming majority of importers will wait for months to clear their goods at the ports before attempting air freight. It won't bring down any cost of imported goods.

BastardWike:


You're comparing apples with oranges when you mention Ogun state. For starters, Ogun state did not do anything special that made them to be attracting industries, it was simply because Lagos was filled up and investors needed the nearest place to site their industries for easy access to the Lagos market and ECOWAS region. That is why the industries are being built in Ota and Agbara axis that border Lagos and not in Abeokuta or Ijebu Ode.

You guys are making it sound like building an airport is akin to a nuclear project that can make a state go bankrupt. How much is the cost of building this airport we are talking about? Again, how much does it cost to run an airport? Imo State is not a mega rich state yet I have never heard of any administration that complained about the cost of maintaining the airport.

I agree with you that having a dedicated gas supply to industries in very important to aid industrial growth, especially when electricity supply is inadequate. However, it was Shell, a private company that connected industries in Aba and Ogun with gas supply, it wasn't the government. So, any company can connect Onitsha and Nnewi with gas. Building an airport can't affect that.

What is the distance between P.H and Owerri? A very short drive, yet both cities have the 3rd and 4th busiest air traffic respectively in Nigeria. I never said that an airport in Anambra will automatically become a major hub, I'm only saying that the state has a lot more to gain than anything to lose in having its own airport.

Obi1kenobi:

So you're saying the same thing: that there are many factors influencing investment decisions. I was simply refuting your claim about an airport being a top priority for any state soliciting investment, and cited the example of Ogun, the biggest investment destination in Nigeria for many years.he cost is tens of billions which could deliver greater benefits in other sectors. In 2021, N6 billion will be budgeted from the state coffers to finance it. This is after the lie that some Chinese company was going to build it. I remember on this same thread pointing out that that MOU was a nonsense photo-op and the Anambra government were going to be the ones to finance it, and propagandists here attacked me.

NaijirianKing:
I'm starting to believe that this airport will make every other sit up. I've looked at the image from space and this runway alone is the length of a small town.