The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika together with his officials and aides has relocated to the coal city ahead of the planned reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu on Sunday 30th August 2020.

The purpose of the Minister’s relocation to Enugu is to monitor the finishing touches being done by the contractors in charge of the runway reconstruction and installation of facilities at the airport and to ensure that nothing stands in the way of the planned reopening.

There have been fears about the possibility of the resumption of flights at the airport as planned, due to the recent pulling down of about two kilometres stretch of the perimeter fence of the airport by an individual claiming ownership of the land on which the fence was raised.

The Minister has however assured that everything possible was being put in place to ensure that the people of the South-East region, who are the major beneficiaries of the project, begin to enjoy flight operations at the airport from Sunday.

Sirika also applauded the governors of the South-East states especially Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for uniting with the Ministry of Aviation to ensure a successful return of activities at the airport.

It would be recalled that the Minister, during the earlier rehabilitation of the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, had in the same vein relocated to Kaduna for a number of days to ensure a flawless operation of flights at the Kaduna airport which then served as an alternate to the shut Abuja airport.