Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the sum of ten billion naira as the intervention fund for the upgrade of Enugu International Airport.
The first citizen, made this known via his verified twitter handle @MBuhari.
He wrote “I have approved the sum of N10billion for an Intervention fund for the upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. I have the assurance of the Minister of Aviation that the work will be done speedily and to the highest standards.
“Even as we have many items competing for our limited resources, we will continue to prioritize infrastructure investments in every part of the country. It is our responsibility to ensure Nigeria’s infrastructure is fixed; we will keep doing this”.
The leaders in the South Eastern part of Nigeria had, requested that the President intervene in the speedy completion of the Enugu International Airport and also the rehabilitation of Federal roads.
The meeting was held at the State House council chamber in Abuja on Wednesday, ND the delegation was led by David Umahi, the executive governor of Ebonyi State.
