Ebonyi international airport: Terminal building will be biggest in Nigeria ― Umahi

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has boosted that the terminal building of the state international airport will be the biggest in Nigeria when completed by 2022.

Umahi stated this on Wednesday while inspecting the ongoing airport project at Onueke in Ezzagu South Local Government Area of state.

According to Umahi, other projects which shall be completed same time with the airport include the college of medicine, dualization of Abakaliki/Enugu road, Abakaliki-Afikpo road, and the stadium.

“This is the terminal building for the airport, it is like two and a half size of the Shopping Mall, if you can trace the Mall, this is like two and a half size of the Mall. It is going to be the biggest terminal building in the country. We have done almost 90 per cent of the pilling and the vocal, and that’s the real work and it is where takes more money, what’s in the ground is more than what is coming up.

“This is 2020, we are looking at 2022 unfailingly to complete this Airport Project. But most of the important projects we are passionate about completing are these Airport, the College of Medicine, dualisation of Abakaliki-Afikpo Road, Abakaliki to Enugu and the stadium, these are the major projects we have.

“The Bible says when men say there’s a casting down, we will say there’s a lifting up. Abraham followed God when He asked him to follow him to show him land, he believed God. When God sends you on a mission and you have a passion, He gives you a vision which you pursue with passion.” Everything is possible to those who believe. You have to have the passion then, God will make a way for you.

Explaining further, Governor Umahi said:

“The tarmac is hundred metres width, it’s like ten-lane by 4 kilometres. Tarmac is a different thing because there’s impact load, there’s traction load and also there’s dynamic load, there is a special design, but the earthwork is very challenging, we are going through valleys and hills and we are on it. You can see the airport road, it’s about 4 kilometres. The airport flyover is being set out for construction.”

However, the governor also inspected other ongoing projects including the shopping mall, Exco Chambers, Odunukwe road, Ishieke road, Ezzamgbo flyover and others.

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