Ebonyi State Commissioner for Aviation and Transport Technology, Dr Ngozi Obichukwu has berated critics alleging that the departure lounge of the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport, Abakiliki, was converted to a church service venue due to low usage.
Obichukwu explained that the staff of the Ministry held monthly prayers to re-dedicate and smoothen the recommencement of flight operations at the airport. The airport was built by the immediate past governor of the state, David Umahi. The commissioner said that the airport witnessed smooth landing and take off of aircrafts conveying prominent Nigerians who came to Ebonyi , for the burial of late former first civilian governor of Abia State, Ogbonnaya Onu.
The aviation commissioner, in a statement issued on Sunday and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki, described the critics who alleged that the airport lounge was converted to church service avenue as 'enemies of peace and progress of the modern Ebonyi State'. She said: 'We have taken off flight operations, and we are very busy trying to. Of course we held our monthly prayers to kick off the recommencement of flight operations.
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