Maduako igbokwe l Friday, April 30, 2021
UMUERI – Anambra State International Cargo / Passenger International Airport on Friday witnessed the landing of three aircrafts at it’s inaugural ceremony in Umueri, Anambra East Local government of the state. Two of aircrafts belong to Air peace while the other , a private jet belonged to an indigene of the state, Sir Ernest Obiejesi.
The first Air Peace jet 5N-BUJ landed at about 2.31pm while the second Air Peace jet 5N-BVD, landed at 2.47 at the airport, while the third aircraft 5N-EZU landed at 3.26 pm.
Speaking at the event ,the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, said the airport was a revolution in the aviation industry as it took his administration just 15 months to complete.
According to Obiano, the airport has 3.7 km runway, 11 storey Tower, and other facilities that makes it the biggest in the country. He said the completion of airport in 15 months was a revolution in the aviation industry, noting that no army can withstand an idea in right direction.
The Governor said the most interesting thing is that the state government did not borrow any money to build the airport. He further said that the dream of the airport started 30 years at Oba, and that the dream has finally been fulfilled.
” This is a fulfillment of our dream. With this, we we have made the journey for any investor who wants to invest in the state easy and simply ” he said. He noted that the airport will create job opportunities for 3,000 persons directly and 2,000 indirectly .
He stated that the airport will boost, not only the economy of the state, South-East region but the nation at large. Obiano further stated that the airport has 3.7 kilometers runway, adding that his administration deliberately designed the airport to transform the state into a destination for local and international investors
Speaking at the occasion, Chief Allen Onyema, the founder of Airpeace, who was onboard the first aircraft, and incidentally emerged as first passenger to land on the airport, described it as the biggest and best in Africa.
Onyema said he shed tears of joy while landing at the airport because its standard was beyond what he expected, very fast and promptly completed. He assured that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would soon approve the airport for commercial use, adding that it would create millions of jobs for the teaming populations.
