Bayelsa to complete cargo airport next year

The Bayelsa State government yesterday said its on-going multibillion naira cargo airport project would be completed by the end of August 2018.

The Director of the State Airlines, Mrs Josphine Akpama, disclosed this during an inspection tour of facilities at the airport by the elders from Amassoma Community in Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area of the state, where the project is sited.

Akpama explained that the airport project is part of the government efforts to reposition the state for a stronger economy. She added that the contractors were working hard to ensure that they meet the completion date of the project.

Some of the airport facilities inspected were the 3.5 Km runway, the apron, the fire bay, the control tower, the terminal building, the power station among other.

According to her, “the governor has given a date, which is August and that is the target; as you can see that all the facilities here are almost ready; the runway is 75 per cent completed, the terminal building is 85 per cent and the fire bay is also getting set.”

In his remarks, the Ebenanaowei of Ogboin Clan in Southern-Ijaw Area, Oweipa Jones-Ere, described the project as heart-warming and pledged support to protect the facility.

Jones-Ere said that economic importance of the airport to the people could not be over-emphasised.