Ime Akpan
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has said that the second runway at the Victor Attah International Airport, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility as well as the new terminal building are ready for commissioning.
He stated this on Tuesday during the commissioning of the 23.4km Eket-Etinan highway performed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
“If you go to the airport now, I think I have the full assurance that we can commission that second runway before I leave the office. The MRO is also ready; we are waiting for the tooling and the equipment. But if the equipment is not in before May 29, we would still commission the MRO,” he said.
While congratulating the people of Eket, Nsit Ibom, Nsit Ubium and Etinan local government areas for their new road, he said the other laudable projects were at 90/95 per cent completion levels and expressed optimism that his successor, Mr. Umo Eno would soon complete and deliver them to the people.
“There are still a whole lot of projects, some at 90, some at 95, some at 80 per cent completion, that I am sure within his first hundred days in office, he would tidy them up. One of which is Abak 10; which is about 90 per cent completed. They say they cannot put asphalt under the rain within the speed I wanted. So, when they have August break, they would asphalt the remaining areas, and I think that would also be commissioned, and so many other projects.
“Not only roads, we have hospitals, power, infrastructure and others that we need to commission. I want to let you also know, even on May 29, before I get to the stadium, I will commission the official residence of the chief judge of this state. Before now, the chief judge has never gotten an official residence,” he added.
