The First Girl Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Friday commissioned the upgraded runway of the Chuba Okadigbo Worldwide Airport.
Mrs. Tinubu is within the state to participate within the grand finale of the Ebonyi Womens Day Celebration, an annual occasion that celebrates the ladies of the state.
Commissioning the runway, the First Girl, counseled the Governor for the magnificent airport, describing the airport as a world class facility.
She counseled the Governor Francis Nwifuru for being gender-friendly in his appointment, including that “our testimonials have actually gone forward of you, and I’m actually glad to be in Ebonyi state.
“I’m actually glad we got here, and I see how lovely Nigeria is. You understand we don’t promote ourselves. What I noticed right now, I used to be even saying that we went to Burundi and I assumed they did properly.For a state in Nigeria, your runway was higher than what I used to be even commending them for.
“So, we wish to thank God for the great work you have got been doing. It gladdens my coronary heart after we see folks which are younger, that they’ve their palms on their work and they’re doing nice jobs, they should be counseled.”
The Nigerian Air Power aircraft marked 5N-FGV carrying the First Girl landed at about 3:18pm as she was obtained by the Governor, Francis Nwifuru.
The spouse of Vice President, Hajia Nana Shetima and spouse of the Governor, Mrs Mary Maudline Nwifuru and 22 Spouses of Governors below the Nigeria Governors Spouses Discussion board led by Ambassador Professor Olufolake Abdulrazaq and spouse of the Kwara State Governor have been additionally current to obtain her.
The First Girl on arrival commissioned the upgraded runway of the airport snd she additionally took out time to bop with a ladies’s cultural troupe and residents of the state that trouped to the airport to obtain her.
Governor Nwifuru thanked President Bola Tinubu for the help he gave the state to improve the runway.
He mentioned: “We got here in, on twenty ninth day of Could, 2023, and as of then, we used concrete to construct this runway. We didn’t know, as a state, that concrete is just not accepted for use to construct runway.
“And after we got here in, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority closed the airport, that this place is just not a spot {that a} aircraft can land, and we determined to start out rebuilding the runway.
“Based mostly on the assist and the assistance of your husband, by the particular grace of God, we did the runway and accomplished it to be among the best runways on this nation, Nigeria.”
Commissioner for Aviation, Ngozi Obichukwu, mentioned the airport will start business flight operations subsequent month, noting that every one the challenges and obstacles that will have prevented the business flight takeoff have been swiftly dealt with by the Governor Nwifuru-led administration.
