Ebonyi spends N17.3bn on airport runway

The Ebonyi government said on Wednesday it spent N17.3 billion on remedial work at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport runway in Abakaliki.

Gov. Francis Nwifuru said this in Abakaliki on the occasion of his one-year anniversary in Abakaliki.

Nwifuru said, on assumption of office, his administration cleared the backlog of five months of salaries owed airport workers.

“The remedial work at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport runway has been completed.

“N17.3 billion was spent, while major repairs in the terminal building and control tower have commenced in earnest and in advanced stages.

“To this end, flight operations will commence fully at the airport,” the governor said.

Nwifuru said his administration had taken deliberate steps to improve the security architecture of the state within his one year in office.

He said that security was very central to any development effort and the successful implementation of his administration’s programmes and policies.

The governor said his administration had also completed some roads in his first year in office.

“This is further evidence of our determination to grow our rural economies by ensuring agro-allied products are transported to urban centres,” he said.

Nwifuru listed some of the rural roads started and completed, including Umuoghara Power Station Road, Legacy FM Road on concrete pavement, and Obvuduechi Market-Lziogo Road.

According to the governor, his administration was focused on creating an enabling environment for a public-private sector partnership, which he said was critical to the economic growth of the state.