Ebonyi Invest N17.3bn On Airport Runway

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

Governor Francis Nwifuru said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki on his first anniversary.

Nwifuru said on assumption of office his administration cleared the backlog arrears of five months’ 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 an advanced stage.

“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 state’s security architecture within his one year in office.

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

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

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

Nwifuru listed some of the rural roads started and completed to include, 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.

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