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hammerDK:
NWANNE, WEN WE SET UP THE BUSINESS CLIMATE, NOW TELL ME WHY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS, PASSENGER AND CARGO TERMINAL BUILDING?


I TOLD THEM TO MAKE THIS ROAD 10 LANES FROM THE START, THEY MADE IT SIX LANES, SO WE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING ROAD FOR THE NEXT 20YEARS.


WEN FUEL TANKERS AND CARGO TRAILERS OR TRUCKS START OPERATION, THEY WILL SEE HOW SENSELESS THEY WERE MAKING A MAJOR AIRPORT FACILITIES SIX LANES.

hammerDK:
NWANNE, WEN WE SET UP THE BUSINESS CLIMATE, NOW TELL ME WHY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS, PASSENGER AND CARGO TERMINAL BUILDING?


I TOLD THEM TO MAKE THIS ROAD 10 LANES FROM THE START, THEY MADE IT SIX LANES, SO WE WILL CONTINUE BUILDING ROAD FOR THE NEXT 20YEARS.


WEN FUEL TANKERS AND CARGO TRAILERS OR TRUCKS START OPERATION, THEY WILL SEE HOW SENSELESS THEY WERE MAKING A MAJOR AIRPORT FACILITIES SIX LANES.

AlaIgboRepublic:
Our brother Allen Onyeama should play smart. Direct flights to China, Dubai, India, Turkey which is the east should all go through Umueri. If you live in Lagos or any other state you must connect to Umueri before you can get direct flight there as its heading East. Direct Flight to London from Umueri as well as a lot of our people live in UK and Europe. Any flight to East Africa must go direct from Umueri. This is how you put your foot of the neck on Lagos and make money.

PROUDIGBO:
With a fair and balanced political-economy, a level playing field and the absence of bad-belle towards Ndigbo (all of which are the elephant in the room some of us naively tend to overlook), all what you suggest would be possible! But with things as they stand in Nigeria today, we have to thread carefully so as not to alarm certain people or quarters with our never-say-never/can-do spirit! The present unitary gov’t and political-economy are in place for a reason!

You think the present occupants of Aso Rock and their southern supporters would allow what you suggest? The little one happening now with the airport Anambra is building, they’re biting their lip in frustration, and this can be seen in how Buhari and Hadi-Sirika have contributed nothing by way of funding or even bothered visiting to see the progress of work on site! Meanwhile, they’re budgeting 30 billion naira for a near-dead Katsina airport!

ChimaAdeoye:
Many times our youths don't understand what has truly held them down.
Those Abuja manipulators cash-in on the youths lack of understanding of the abominable document called the 1999 constitution, and its long exclusive list items to continue the frustration of infrastructural development and encourage the youths to blame the state governments. Knowing the state governments were indeed powerless to do anything under the fraud called 1999 constitution.

[s]If the Anambra airport had not been approved under a benevolent Umaru Yar'Adua, the present set of malignant manipulators in Abuja today will never allow an airport to be built in any viable part of Igboland. They will refuse to approve an airport in Aba, but will quickly approve it if you say you will build it in Arochukwu or Afikpo because in their mind, they think it will be a waste or at least cannot rival their own big airports serving their established commercial centers.[/s]

Right now, they will have a panel secretly plotting how to throw obstacles to prevent the airport from either being completed or becoming functional. By making a long list of financially unreasonable demands. They tried so much to kill Enugu airport as an international gateway to the Southeast. They hoped this airport would never be built. Now, their eyes are firmly set on how to frustrate and kill it. What they have failed to realize is that they are not God and these types of wickedness to keep a whole race of people down forever makes the idea called "one Nigeria" totally out of the question for many Nigerians today. However, I don't expect them to change any of their typical behavior and usual tactics, because they are simply implementing their agenda of total domination and subjugation of southern Nigeria which they will not deviate from.

Pass11:
But the same federal government approved international airport in Abakaliki? Or is it federal government that stop abia state from completing her flyover they started 6years ago.

AlaIgboRepublic:
Thank you

ChimaAdeoye:
Many times our youths don't understand what has truly held them down.
Those Abuja manipulators cash-in on the youths lack of understanding of the abominable document called the 1999 constitution, and its long exclusive list items to continue the frustration of infrastructural development and encourage the youths to blame the state governments. Knowing the state governments were indeed powerless to do anything under the fraud called 1999 constitution.

If the Anambra airport had not been approved under a benevolent Umaru Yar'Adua, the present set of malignant manipulators in Abuja today will never allow an airport to be built in any viable part of Igboland. They will refuse to approve an airport in Aba, but will quickly approve it if you say you will build it in Arochukwu or Afikpo because in their mind, they think it will be a waste or at least cannot rival their own big airports serving their established commercial centers.

Right now, they will have a panel secretly plotting how to throw obstacles to prevent the airport from either being completed or becoming functional. By making a long list of financially unreasonable demands. They tried so much to kill Enugu airport as an international gateway to the Southeast. They hoped this airport would never be built. Now, their eyes are firmly set on how to frustrate and kill it. What they have failed to realize is that they are not God and these types of wickedness to keep a whole race of people down forever makes the idea called "one Nigeria" totally out of the question for many Nigerians today. However, I don't expect them to change any of their typical behavior and usual tactics, because they are simply implementing their agenda of total domination and subjugation of southern Nigeria which they will not deviate from.

PROUDIGBO:
With a fair and balanced political-economy, a level playing field and the absence of bad-belle towards Ndigbo (all of which are the elephant in the room some of us naively tend to overlook), all what you suggest would be possible! But with things as they stand in Nigeria today, we have to thread carefully so as not to alarm certain people or quarters with our never-say-never/can-do spirit! The present unitary gov’t and political-economy are in place for a reason!

You think the present occupants of Aso Rock and their southern supporters would allow what you suggest? The little one happening now with the airport Anambra is building, they’re biting their lip in frustration, and this can be seen in how Buhari and Hadi-Sirika have contributed nothing by way of funding or even bothered visiting to see the progress of work on site! Meanwhile, they’re budgeting 30 billion naira for a near-dead Katsina airport!

hammerDK:
I TELL YOU PEOPLE THIS, IVM IS SUPPOSE TO BE A STAKE HOLDER IN ANAMBRA OIL AND GAS, BECAUSE OIL AND GAS ARE CRUCIAL TO IVM OPERATION.


IF IVM AND ORIENT PARTNER EACH OTHER, WE WILL HAVE A FUNCTIONAL REFINERY IN LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS FROM NOW.


IF ABUJA IS CLAIMING OIL WELL,, LET OUR INDIGENIOUS COMPANIES TAKE OVER ALL THE TECHNICAL OPERATIONS.

ANSMEDIA:
Anambra to work With Air Peace to bring Embraer Service Centre to the State



The Anambra State government has set in motion the machinery to work with West Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace, to get Embraer of Brazil, the world’s fourth largest civilian aircraft manufacturer, to locate a service centre for Africa in the state.



Though the details of the state government’s move are not yet made public, it is understood that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has since last year been in talks with the Air Peace founder, Chief Allen Onyema, to get the Brazilians to cite the service centre at Anambra International Cargo Airport at Umueri which is still undergoing construction.



At the delivery last week of Air Peace E195 –E2 in Lagos, Chief Onyema made a passionate appeal to the Brazilian embassy in Abuja to advise the Embraer Corporation in Sao Paulo to build a service centre in Nigeria to cater for the African region.



The brand new plane, registered as 5N-BYF, is the first in 13 Embraer aircraft ordered by the airline for its African regional routes.



“As the first carrier in Africa to purchase Embraer’s E series, which is the latest, Air Peace, with our support, is in a strong position to lobby the manufacturer to bring such a centre to our state”, Governor Obiano said today in a virtual discussion with some members of his administration working quietly on the project.



Anambra International Cargo Airport, the second biggest airport in the country, is designed to accommodate at least one hanger to service different kinds of aircraft, according to Air Vice Marshall Ben Chiobi (retired), Special Adviser to Governor Obiano on Creative Security and a former Nigerian Air Force pilot who also used to be the military attaché at the Nigerian Embassy in Paris, France.



When he visited the airport last August, an impressed Chief Onyema pledged to build a hanger there.



“If Air Peace builds a hanger there and Embraer follows suit with an African service centre, the vision of building this modern and large airport on a very large swath of land will have been realized”, stated Chief Obiano.



“We didn’t set out to build just any airport, but a strategic one which will help boost traditional commerce in our state and beyond, but, quiet importantly, result in technology transfer and in the transformation of our economic landscape”.



Meanwhile, the state government has described Chief Onyema as the greatest current promoter of private diplomacy in Nigeria.



“Onyema”, said Governor Obiano in a message to the Air Peace chairman following the acquisition of the new plane from Brazil, “has shown that you need not be in government or hold any public office to effectively promote the interests of your country.



“It is not just in Brazil that he has boosted our reputation far better than any person but also in such places as South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates where Air Peace flies into regularly, with plans to start flying into the United States, India, Israel and the United Kingdom shortly.



“What is more, the excellent safety record of the carrier and the efficient ground and onboard services it provides, coupled with its schedule integrity, have all combined to make it compete effectively with the best airlines in the world.



“We are proud that Chief Onyema, a worthy son of Anambra State, is championing African economic integration, a Nigerian foreign policy plank, through tireless opening of regional routes.



“This is to say nothing about his promotion of national integration and unity by flying every hour to all parts of Nigeria.



“Air travel in Nigeria would have been extremely difficult if not for Chief Onyema who is not driven by the profit motive but service to humanity, starting with fellow Nigerians”.



Air Peace, which commenced commercial operations in 2013, has 30 aircraft in its fleet, with 23 more expected from both Embraer and Boeing Corporation of the United States, the world’s biggest aircraft manufacturer.



Signed



C. Don Adinuba

Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment.

https://www.facebook.com/200902653400035/posts/1877036982453252/

REGENMASTER:
WOW.........REVOLUTION IN IGBOLAND! AMAZING INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT BY LOCAL PEOPLE AND NO WHITEMAN AT ANY SITE !

THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN DO IT THEMSELVES THEREBY SAVING LOADS OF MONEY FOR MORE PROJECTS.

GOD BLESS THEM FOR LOVING THEIR STATE SOOOO MUCH

https://www.facebook.com/Ministry-of-Infrastructural-Development-for-Concession-112045540165634/

ANYI BU OFU !

ejanla077:
I have not seen mktinsight since this news chino check on him biko...
This news knocked him d fuq out

ANSMEDIA:
Anambra to work With Air Peace to bring Embraer Service Centre to the State



The Anambra State government has set in motion the machinery to work with West Africa’s leading airline, Air Peace, to get Embraer of Brazil, the world’s fourth largest civilian aircraft manufacturer, to locate a service centre for Africa in the state.



Though the details of the state government’s move are not yet made public, it is understood that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has since last year been in talks with the Air Peace founder, Chief Allen Onyema, to get the Brazilians to cite the service centre at Anambra International Cargo Airport at Umueri which is still undergoing construction.



At the delivery last week of Air Peace E195 –E2 in Lagos, Chief Onyema made a passionate appeal to the Brazilian embassy in Abuja to advise the Embraer Corporation in Sao Paulo to build a service centre in Nigeria to cater for the African region.



The brand new plane, registered as 5N-BYF, is the first in 13 Embraer aircraft ordered by the airline for its African regional routes.



“As the first carrier in Africa to purchase Embraer’s E series, which is the latest, Air Peace, with our support, is in a strong position to lobby the manufacturer to bring such a centre to our state”, Governor Obiano said today in a virtual discussion with some members of his administration working quietly on the project.



Anambra International Cargo Airport, the second biggest airport in the country, is designed to accommodate at least one hanger to service different kinds of aircraft, according to Air Vice Marshall Ben Chiobi (retired), Special Adviser to Governor Obiano on Creative Security and a former Nigerian Air Force pilot who also used to be the military attaché at the Nigerian Embassy in Paris, France.



When he visited the airport last August, an impressed Chief Onyema pledged to build a hanger there.



“If Air Peace builds a hanger there and Embraer follows suit with an African service centre, the vision of building this modern and large airport on a very large swath of land will have been realized”, stated Chief Obiano.



“We didn’t set out to build just any airport, but a strategic one which will help boost traditional commerce in our state and beyond, but, quiet importantly, result in technology transfer and in the transformation of our economic landscape”.



Meanwhile, the state government has described Chief Onyema as the greatest current promoter of private diplomacy in Nigeria.



“Onyema”, said Governor Obiano in a message to the Air Peace chairman following the acquisition of the new plane from Brazil, “has shown that you need not be in government or hold any public office to effectively promote the interests of your country.



“It is not just in Brazil that he has boosted our reputation far better than any person but also in such places as South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates where Air Peace flies into regularly, with plans to start flying into the United States, India, Israel and the United Kingdom shortly.



“What is more, the excellent safety record of the carrier and the efficient ground and onboard services it provides, coupled with its schedule integrity, have all combined to make it compete effectively with the best airlines in the world.



“We are proud that Chief Onyema, a worthy son of Anambra State, is championing African economic integration, a Nigerian foreign policy plank, through tireless opening of regional routes.



“This is to say nothing about his promotion of national integration and unity by flying every hour to all parts of Nigeria.



“Air travel in Nigeria would have been extremely difficult if not for Chief Onyema who is not driven by the profit motive but service to humanity, starting with fellow Nigerians”.



Air Peace, which commenced commercial operations in 2013, has 30 aircraft in its fleet, with 23 more expected from both Embraer and Boeing Corporation of the United States, the world’s biggest aircraft manufacturer.



Signed



C. Don Adinuba

Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment.

https://www.facebook.com/200902653400035/posts/1877036982453252/

MrStan11:
This got me.
“We didn’t set out to build just any airport, but a strategic one which will help boost traditional commerce in our state and beyond, but, quiet importantly, result in technology transfer and in the transformation of our economic landscape”.

I just pray Orient petroleum will be through with their Aviation fuel Refill.
With these, whether you like it or not, Traffic is already generated.

ChimaAdeoye:
Foundation for Gate House and airport entry and exit roads ongoing!

Obiano is undoubtedly one of the best governors in Nigeria today! Even the states with huge allocations in Nigeria or even so called federal government airports do not construct projects of such world class quality!

Cjrane2:
This is truly a spectacular expose! Now i know why Obiano was hiding the project! He wanted this precise shock and awe at the magnitude of this project when it's unveiled! The guy has left his prints in the sands of time! Even in the next 100 years, It is no longer ever going to be a question if Obiano was one of the greatest Anambra governors or not. He has totally proved himself! Imagine doing this in a recession!

I agree they should begin trees and flowers planting now. Infact they should create a landscaping team to start from the junction of the airport road by the Awka- Onitsha expressway all the way to inside the airport. Also, spaces around the taxiways, apron and runway should be grassed now. Even before marking of the places with paints begin.

If i were Buhari, i will rebuild the Awka - Enugu expressway as my contribution to this project.
In the future, some people may even confuse it that it was Buhari that built the entire airport and built the expressway!

ChimaAdeoye:
Gov. Wille Obiano is truly a magician!!! How did he get the money for such world class project?
Obiano is finally bequeathing Anambra with one the best airports in West Africa!

Everything from the access roads, Main Airport gate, runway, taxiway, car parks, fire stations, Emergency medical clinics, 2 level terminal building, Water supply station, mini power station was well thought out!!! With more space for future expansion and development!

The official airport January 2021 Status Update video released by the state government! O'lboy, this is indeed a massive project. Everything is done at the best international standard!!!

Anambra finally has a true international airport to facilitate trade and commerce without depending on the whims and caprices of others!
I am hoping the begin planting trees, flowers and grass now around areas that no further construction is needed. Also they need beautiful trees and flowers along the main airport road all the way to the parking lots to give it the best ambiance possible!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35J7qG77Vzc

Cjrane2:
I can only imagine how much land along this access road costs now!

Please Government should ensure the land is reserved for 5 star hotels, shopping malls, amusement parks and other tourist entertainment that will help boost other facilities around the airport.

There should be NO market or eyesore type of building along that brand new road.

AmericanQuarter:

It is amazing. For them to be adding taxiway, CAT2 lighting, etc, means they are not just building just anyhow airport. Abuja and Lagos are the 2 airports in Nigeria with taxiway. Though I don't know much about PH and Kano airports

MrStan11:
That's why I'm furious when somebody in his or her right senses says that Anambra does not need an Airport.
They think Abuja needs Airport more than Anambra.
I pray with investments coming in to the Airport, flight ticket to be cheapest btw 10- 20k to at least Lagos and Abuja.
I like the way Obiano is going with the standard.
Thank God they moved it from Oba.
I pray next gov will use his last blood to make sure Onitsha port becomes viable even if investing Anambra money.
Go to Apapa and see what people go through in the name of getting their containers.
Oba Airport site should be used as dry port with rail way connecting it to Onitsha port.
Next should be to bring gas to our industrial clusters.

Anambra is already a megacity with this Airport in the Anambra North.
If you know, you know.
Thank God Abum nwa omambala.

MrStan11:
That's why I'm furious when somebody in his or her right senses says that Anambra does not need an Airport.
They think Abuja needs Airport more than Anambra.
I pray with investments coming in to the Airport, flight ticket to be cheapest btw 10- 20k to at least Lagos and Abuja.
I like the way Obiano is going with the standard.
Thank God they moved it from Oba.
I pray next gov will use his last blood to make sure Onitsha port becomes viable even if investing Anambra money.
Go to Apapa and see what people go through in the name of getting their containers.
Oba Airport site should be used as dry port with rail way connecting it to Onitsha port.
Next should be to bring gas to our industrial clusters.

Anambra is already a megacity with this Airport in the Anambra North.
If you know, you know.
Thank God Abum nwa omambala.

AmericanQuarter:
You are very correct. Check anyone that says Anambra doesn't need an airport, he/she is either not from the state or something else. The airport should have been built 10yrs ago. But importantly it is being built today even bigger and better than it should have been 10yrs ago. Rail? I don't if it is still on the exclusive list of the federal government. But Lagos is building rail also.

MrStan11:
That's why I'm furious when somebody in his or her right senses says that Anambra does not need an Airport.
They think Abuja needs Airport more than Anambra.
I pray with investments coming in to the Airport, flight ticket to be cheapest btw 10- 20k to at least Lagos and Abuja.
I like the way Obiano is going with the standard.
Thank God they moved it from Oba.
I pray next gov will use his last blood to make sure Onitsha port becomes viable even if investing Anambra money.
Go to Apapa and see what people go through in the name of getting their containers.
Oba Airport site should be used as dry port with rail way connecting it to Onitsha port.
Next should be to bring gas to our industrial clusters.

Anambra is already a megacity with this Airport in the Anambra North.
If you know, you know.
Thank God Abum nwa omambala.

AlaIgboRepublic:
Anambra and all other igbo states especially Abia goal should be dominate Africa with manufactured goods. The AFTCA is the door open for us. We must do to Africa what china did to the world.

gwafaeziokwu:
Right on point. I don't know yet why successive governors in Anambra state keep neglecting the gold mine that Onitsha presents. Onitsha is God's gift to umuigbo. Why would our importers be building factories in China instead of Alaigbo? What is it that China gives them that isn't available back home. Work on it. Partner with them and encourage them to go into partnerships in other to mitigate shortfalls in capital. Find out how federal government under Obasanjo ensured that energy needed for manufacturing was made available in Ogun state. Replicate it here and get umuigbo flying with our mates out there.

Truth be told, we actually have no competition in the whole of Africa. Africa is waiting for us to lead. The next governor of Anambra state is crucial at this point.

gwafaeziokwu:
Right on point. I don't know yet why successive governors in Anambra state keep neglecting the gold mine that Onitsha presents. Onitsha is God's gift to umuigbo. Why would our importers be building factories in China instead of Alaigbo? What is it that China gives them that isn't available back home. Work on it. Partner with them and encourage them to go into partnerships in other to mitigate shortfalls in capital. Find out how federal government under Obasanjo ensured that energy needed for manufacturing was made available in Ogun state. Replicate it here and get umuigbo flying with our mates out there.

Truth be told, we actually have no competition in the whole of Africa. Africa is waiting for us to lead. The next governor of Anambra state is crucial at this point.

asha80:
what is it that china gives them that isnt available back home? Do you have light 247? Can your representatives ensure gas facilities are built in onitsha?( though they being built in egbema and aba at the moment?) ..if you can't guarantee that then no use wondering why they site their manufacturing outfits in China