Hyacinth Chinweuba
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has approved the immediate relocation of the transmission mast of the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) located at Ngwo, Enugu North Local Government Area, to ensure safety at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport.
The state government also announced Wednesday, September 26, as the
date for the inauguration of the recently constituted stakeholders’
committee saddled with the responsibility of resolving all issues
around the expansion and upgrade of the airport facilities.
The commissioner for information, Mr. Ogbuagu Anikwe in a statement disclosed that the relocation of the mast was in fulfillment of one of the
requests made by the Ministry of Aviation as part of the measures to
enhance the safety of the international airport.
Anikwe, who stressed that “all hands must be on deck” to make sure that the airport was rehabilitated to standard, explained that the issue of obstruction by the mast was very dear to the state government, saying: “The Managing Director of ESBS has been summoned
to return from his meeting in Abuja to start relocating the mast at
Ngwo”.
The information commissioner added that the action committee that will
be inaugurated next week, would deal with other issues or encumbrances
militating against the upgrade of the airport.
Anikwe pointed out that Gov. Ugwuanyi has assured that the state government would carry out every other thing that the federal authorities require to upgrade the airport, “because it is not just the Enugu State government, but