David Umahi, the governor of
Ebonyi state, says the recently approved international airport in the state
will be completed within 18 months.
Umahi was speaking on Tuesday at
his hometown, Uburu, when a delegation of Ezza clan where the airport is sited,
paid him a Christmas visit, noting that constructing an international airport
is not an easy task.
The governor said that the
standard of the international airport being constructed in Ebonyi takes between
six and 10 years to be completed in other places but that of Ebonyi would take
only 18 months.
“The tarmac of the airport will
be one-foot concrete pavement which is the highest in the world,” he said.
“The highest I know is eight
inches concrete-base but this one will be one-foot concrete pavement that is
guaranteed to last for more than 50 years.”
He later inaugurated a committee
that would ensure the smooth payment of compensation for crops and economic
trees to the owners of the land used for the construction.
Kenneth Ugbala, the leader of the
delegation and secretary to the state government (SSG), commended the governor
for appointing indigenes of the area into key positions.
Ugbala also thanked the governor
for choosing the clan for the airport’s construction among other
infrastructural projects sited in the area.
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