Your plans for us to abandon Airport competition has failed – Nwifuru tells PDP

By Uchenna Okeh

Governor, Francis Nwifuru’s administration has said that the people’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi state has failed in their plans, wanting the state government to abandon the completion of Chuba Okadigbo international Airport runway.

Recall that, the spokesperson of the former governorship candidate of PDP, in the last general election, Moses Idika had in a statement signed and issued to newsmen, accused governor Francis Nwifuru of wasting over N20 billion to rehabilitate the Chuba Okadigbo’s airport runway.

The Nations News Nigeria reports that the Chuba Okadigbo airport runway was recently inaugurated by the wife of president, sen. Oluremi Tinubu.

The statement reads in part: “The State Government wishes to place on record once again that as a state that is blessed with enormous natural resources, the idea of beating whatever structural impediments that hindered the commencement of flight operations in the said Airport prior to the inauguration of the present administration is a far better and progressive option than abandoning same.

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“His Excellency had in several fora assured Ebonyi people that his administration will not only perfect the project from the stage he met it but finally put it to use in other to open up the state to the outside/global community towards welcoming already waiting business opportunities and other numerous global investments, hence the need for the administration of His Excellency to sustain the project to fruition.

“The Commissioning of the runway by Her Excellency, the wife of the President, Her Excellency Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, which is queried by the author is therefore, not only befitting, but a right step in the right direction.

“We are aware that the writer is one of the enemies of the state who had expected the enormous investment of the state on the Airport to lay waste, but we will continue to disappoint them. In no distant time, when the State Government unveils their plan in the aviation sector, their nightmare will surely nosedive”, Okpor said.

The Commissioner described the data of the PDP on the debt profile of the state as unverifiable and urged the public to disregard it.

He argued that governor Francis Nwifuru has refused to borrow any loan facility since he came on board and has been criticized for refusing to bow to all forms of enticing loan offers.

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“Without giving credence to the author’s “unverified” data and source, particularly as it relates to the debt profile of the state, it is pertinent to state that the present Administration since inauguration, had kept aloof of all forms of borrowing, and is rather criticized for refusing to bow to all forms of enticing loan offers.

“It therefore smacks of bitter incoherence on the side of the author for attributing the state’s current debt status to the Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru’s Administration.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the business of governance is fundamentally anchored on effective and transparent budget implementation. As we had severally made Ebonyi people to know, the unbroken and encouraging statistical reports in favour of Ebonyi State which was released by BudgiT, a globally recognized budget tracking organization, in 2023, few months after the inauguration of His Excellency”, he submitted.