Umahi names Ebonyi Airport after Buhari, gets approval for inaugural flight

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has named the State’s International Airport located in Onueke, Ezza local government area after President Muhammadu Buhari after securing approval from the Federal Government to carry out an inaugural test flight.

This was disclosed on Wednesday morning by the Senor Special Assistant to Umahi on Aviation and Technology, Mrs. Obianuju Alo, while addressing journalists in Abakaliki, the state capital, who insisted that the airport would boost economic activities in the state, especially in the council where the facility is located.

“We are going to have two flights landing on the airport, one from Abuja and another from Lagos,” she told the newsmen.