By CHARLES IWUOHA

Ebonyi State Government has announced its preparedness to welcome the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to the state today, Friday, November 15, 2024.

News Express gathered during the visit, the wife of the president will commission the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport runway at Onueke Ezza South LGA.

The administration of Governor Francis Nwifuru had on assumption of office in May last year embarked on the rehabilitation of the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport runway to be of international standard.

Investigation revealed that the governor spent over #17.8 billion for the rehabilitation of the longest airport runway in the South-East region.

The commissioner for Aviation and transport technology, Dr. Mrs Ngozi Obichukwu, in a statement after a courtesy call to DSS and other security operatives on routine surveillance of the Airport, said that the state government was fully prepared for the commissioning.

She said that the commissioning of the runway by the wife of the President, Oluremi Tinubu, will mark the recommencement of full flight operation at the airport.

Obichukwu said that the asphalted atthe airport runway is the longest in the South-East region, and therefore called on travellers to come to Ebonyi to take their flight, especially in this coming yuletide season.

The Commissioner said: "I had an audience with the DSS on routine surveillance of the international Airport Onueke in preparation for the commissioning of the asphalted Runway by the wife of the President Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

"Chuba Okadigbo airport has fully recommenced flight operations and we call on the general public, travellers to come here and take their flights. This is because we have the best and longest runway in the South-East region,? she stressed.

She further commended the enormous efforts of the state governor, Francis Nwifuru in ensuring that the runway is completed and being of intentional standard.