FG targets December to complete Imo Cargo Airport

The Federal Government has said that works at the cargo apron of the Sam Mbakwe International Airport in Owerri, Imo State, would be completed before the end of this year.

Confirming this development, the Airport Manager, Mr Young Ekwekwuo, added that disruptions caused by youths seeking financial rewards have been resolved.

'The elders have appointed elder statesmen to mediate and since then, the hostilities from the youth is a thing of the past. We now have the enabling environment; the contractors handling the project are no longer being disturbed,' he added.

He said it had been a challenge managing the airport especially that of the youths' restiveness on land compensation, but expressed delight with the way the matter was handled.

Ekwekwuo said the airport has been fenced to ward off intruders, adding that security measures have been put in place to ensure safety.

On the projection of the airport, he explained that after the inauguration that the sky would be the limit because the airport has been fitted with the state-of-the-art equipment.

'At the beginning, there were challenges and Nigerians never believed that this thing will get to this stage. Those of them who spoke against the remodeling now have a rethink. They never knew that such a terminal building can be reformed, remodeled and reconstructed to what it is today,' Ekwekwuo, said.