Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, says the ongoing
construction of the airport runway at the Obudu international passenger and
cargo airport will be the longest in Nigeria when completed.
Ayade said this during an inspection of the site on
Wednesday.
He said the airport, situated close to the iconic Obudu
mountain resort, will rank the state as a world tourism destination, adding
that the federal government should come and inspect it.
“That is why we are building the airport with 5.6 meters
runway, the longest in Nigeria to enable both tourism and business thrive
around the Ranch environment with the airport,” Ayade said.
“We started March
2021, and the stage we are now is impressive with major requirements on the
ground, and we are almost done in terms of other utilities like the observation
tower — which is at the last stage.
“The firefighting and utility buildings are at the last
stage, and the main terminal building is almost completed.
“The cutting of the hard terrain of the airport is by no
means a small job, and the federal government should come and look at what we
are doing with serious attention.”
The governor lauded Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, for
promising to support the cargo wing of the airport with facilities when
functional.
At the inspection, Eric Akpo, senior special adviser on
technical matters to the governor, said that the completion target set for
April 2022 was feasible.
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