President Buhari Set To Commission New Bayelsa Int'l Airport With The Longest Runway
President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Bayelsa State
International Cargo Airport located at Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area of the state on August 27, according to The Nation.
The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel
Iworiso-Markson, and the Managing Director of Bayelsa Airline, Capt.
Henry Ungbuku, confirmed the development when the commissioner toured
the project on Friday.
The airport with the longest runway of 3.5km was one of the key
projects started by Governor Seriake Dickson after assuming office in
2012.
Iworiso-Markson said test flight would begin in the project on August 20.
The commissioner said the multi-billion naira international airport
project was conceived by Dickson to improve the state economic fortune.
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