Yobe Airport To Be Ready in April, Says Gov
POLITICS DIGEST – Yobe State Government has disclosed that the state’s International Cargo Airport will be ready next month, the state governor,Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni, has said.
The governor who spoke on Tuesday after an inspection tour of the airport added that it would be immediately inaugurated in May 2020.
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He said, “I have been given assurances by the contractors that the project will be completed in April 2020 and that it will be handed over to the state government at the end of the month.”
The governor, who applauded the contractors for the quality of work done, emphasised that timely completion and finishing were of paramount importance.
Earlier, the state Commissioner for Transport and Energy, Alhaji Abdullahi Kukuwa, had told the governor that the runway, the biggest of any airport in the country, had reached 70 per cent completion stage, adding that the tarmac, terminal building, air traffic control tower and other key facilities were all in advanced stages of completion.
