Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to provide N10 billion to be used by his administration to purchase equipment for Ebonyi Airport.
Ebonyi, which is one of the least economically viable state in the country is building one of the largest airports in Nigeria.
In the letter titled “RE: NOTIFICATION OF MY LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT SEEKING
HIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PURCHASE OUR Airport EQUIPMENT” and addressed to the minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, Umahi said “We are building one of the largest airport in Nigeria using concrete to build our runway. We intend to complete this project by May 2022 but we do not have money to buy the airport equipment hence our appeal to Mr. President for Ten Billion Naira (N10,000,000,000.00) to purchase the equipment.
“We shall handover the airport to the Federal Government on completion to concession and supervise”.
He prayed further that “I plead with you for your kind help in recommending to
Mr. President to assist us when Mr. President refers our letter to you.
“Recall all your assistance to us towards the realization of this project. This your latest anticipated assistance will help to complete the airport and will allow Mr. President and you to
commission the project to the credit of Mr. President administration”
