EBONYI State Government has said it will float an airline for effective and easy air transportation in the state.

The government said it would embark on the airline business after the completion of ongoing asphalting of the runway at Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, Abakiliki.

She commended Governor Francis Nwifuru; immediate past governor, David Umahi; engineers on site and monitoring heads of departments involved in the project for their cooperation and efforts to see that the airport fully took off.

She said: “If you do not blow your trumpet, another person will blow it wrongly. We are here as a team to tell you what our dear governor is doing on the runway of the Wilberforce Chuba Okadigbo Airport.

“Many have been asking questions, are we good to go? Are we able to deliver the road by May as we promised? With your eyes and your senses, you people have seen what we have done and the extent we have gone.

“Before the asphalting, we have started witnessing the coming in of flights and you know as I have said before, it is both human and cargo airport. We are good to go in terms of exporting our food. Ebonyi State is good with production. We can export our rice, we can export our  garri  and  even our salt. We will package it in a way that is acceptable and packaged it out.

“We are at the  centre  of attraction as South East is concerned. Those of them  that are  coming from Abia, Enugu, Anambra, and even part of Cross River will be landing here. Those of them that are  travelling  from outside will be landing here. It will not only be a beehive of  activities, but an economic hub of the South East because many people will benefit from here.”

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