Ebonyi govt. secures license to operate its own Airline

…Says Ebonyi Air is real, on ground 

By Uchenna Okeh Abakaliki 

Ebonyi State government on Monday said it has secured a license to operate its own Airline, and that its own aircraft is real and on ground.

The Commissioner for Aviation and Transport Technology, Ngozi Obichukwu made this known while briefing newsmen shortly after the departure of the 90 scholarship awardees to Europe at the Chuba Okadigbo international airport Onueke Ebonyi State.According to her:

“My joy goes to the fact that His Excellency is a humanitarian and empathy-filled governor. Like what somebody said there, if you are developing anything and you have not developed a human being, even those things you develop will crumble.

“He is particular about human development and we are happy. Because when these people go outside the country to make themselves better, Ebonyi will be better off.Remember that before now, we are called the backward people.

“Nobody wanted to identify with Ebonyi because we are so backward, illiterate, and all that.But His Excellency’s effort, since three years now, has shifted Ebonyi from that position of illiteracy, downtrodden, backwardness.We are now moving even further than some other states that were there before us.

“Aviation is not a ministry of land transport.It is practically pure safety inclined.And as we are doing here, we want to ensure that the aviation or the airport is safety granted and safety assured.

“About three days ago, we completed the elevation. I mean the elevation in the tower, the permanent tower. For the past five years, we have been using what we call the mobile tower. The governor has graciously completed the tower. The main permanent tower is behind there.

“And we now have the lift, or you can call it the elevator, where people will now climb from the ground up.We have a nine-storey building there. And with the elevator, we can now climb so easily.

“And again, we have very good runway lights.Which means we can operate even in the night.In the night, once the runway light is on, the aircraft, the pilot, they will see their way up.

“That’s one of the most important things that some airports do not have. And again, this airport is now licensed. We now have a license for every air flight operation.”So, we have the license to operate our own, even our own flight, Ebonyi Air is real. Ebonyi Air is on ground.

“Aviation is not something you walk over.We have procedure.Some people are expecting it to be parked here. The Ebonyi Air cannot park here because we don’t have hangars. Where we have hangars is only Lagos and Abuja.

“And until they are now okay, every documentation is done.We will now commence what our governor said during his speech.Our governor never lied.

“He is a truthful person.He cannot see white and call it black. He is sure that the aircraft is already on ground.And like I’m telling you, more documentation must have to come up before everyone else would. 

“You will see cargo flights here.You will see commercial flights here.You will see the domestic and international.They will all be here by the grace of God” she emphasized.