Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has approved N10 billion for the completion of some uncompleted projects initiated by the immediate past administration of his predecessor, Udom Emmanuel, as well as another N6.5 billion in support of the ongoing work at the Victor Attah International Airport.
The governor, who stated this in his New Year broadcast yesterday, also gave contractors a marching order to return to the sites of the abandoned projects.
“In fulfillment of our campaign promises to complete ongoing projects initiated by the immediate past administration, we have released over N10 billion to get contractors back to various sites across the state. Works are ongoing at these project sites such as the Victor Attah International Airport Road expansion and others located all over the state,” he said.
“In the aviation sector, we have released about N6.5 billion to support ongoing projects at the Victor Attah International Airport. We have also kept all our financial obligations with Airbus Corporation, and about a month ago, we received the first of the ten Airbus A220-300 Series into the Ibom Air fleet. We have invested heavily in the MRO and very soon, that will be fully commissioned,” Eno added.
Taking stock of his administration’s interventionist programmes in the last seven months on the saddle, Governor pointed out that funds had been released to virtually every sectors of the state’s economy including power, agriculture, security, health, education, infrastructure and human capital development.
To cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal, the governor said his administration had augmented the state’s share of the federal government’s palliative to the tune of N5 billion.