UmuEri:


So you will just come to another person's community and dispose them of over 1, 500 hecters of land for Airport, and then turn around to named the Airport after another community?

What is wrong with the brain of an average Nigerian for God sake!

For the records, the name is "Anambra International Cargo/Passenger Airport, Ivite Umueri". If you don't like the name, then go to Onitsha and provide government the land and let them build it there.

Ahamefuna0001:


Pls don't get me wrong, I don't have any had feelings against Umueri people, they've really tried in providing the government with the large expanse of land for the said Airport, you and I know that one can't get such virgin land in Onitsha. Naming the Airport with Onitsha will do lots of good in marketing it and attracting both investors and visitors compared to Umueri. Delta state Airport, Warri is not located in Warri but in Okpe LGA. Even Port Harcourt Airport is located in another community, the list goes on and on. This new Airport will need as much marketting and publicity as it can get and Onitsha will likely give it that.

IGBOSON1:


Can’t fault your argument if i’m to be honest!

Though don’t you think that in the spirit of brotherhood, you could concede and allow the airport be named after one of the three most outstanding sons of Anambra who are yet to get a airport named after them....i’m speaking of Chinua Achebe; Alex Ekwueme; or Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu!?

UmuEri:


Yes, I support the naming of the airport after any notable personality of Anambra extraction.

My argument is based on the location. After the name, mention the location.

AmericanQuarter:



Very important, because both sides of road is still virgin lands.

Ahamefuna0001:


Hey, please don't insult Imo state. I'm from there even though my mum is from Anambra and I'm always happy for any good development in any of the South Eastern states cos I know that a win for them is a win for me too. This is a time when we'll need our collective unity, you're doing more harm than good and we don't need it.

ejanla077:


You re from imo but think u can dictate how an airport in Anambra should be named. U need ur head checked

OreMI22:


Naming the airport after its builder "Willie Obiano International airport" is not bad at all. If its just the last thank you gift from the Anambra house of Assembly to honor his meritorius 8 years of outstanding service to Anambra state.

If it was not the tough, dogged character of a man like Willie Obiano, the airport would NEVER be built. Typically, Southeast Governors often like to hide under mountain of excuses of "lack of funds" from doing any major infrastructural project that will truly develop their state. Instead, they will use the money to share bags of rice and palm oil to people that would eat that and remain poor. As against building things that will boost the economy and create jobs so that those people can buy their own rice and oil.

In the Southeast today, only two governors are hungry to give their states true infrastructure to help them leap frog to the next level. These are Obiano and Umahi. Thus, these two men deserve the honor of naming the airports they are building after them. Just like Imo airport was named after Dee Sam mbakwe for his tenacity to build it in spite of all the obstacles he could have cited as excuses why he couldn't build the Imo airport.

Fleshly:



@Oremi, Obiano has to deliver a full functioning airport, before he can demand that the airport be named after him. Trust me, if he delivers a 30-40% complete airport the next governor who will work on the airport wills surely change the airport name and that will be comely.

mktinsight:
Ogun STATE Igr is impressive. Fiscally all SE states are running surpluses except for Abia.

Anambra has roughly had 40b x 6 years or 240b surplus over Obiano’s tenure. That is roughly 700m USD. Where has it been spent?

Onitsha Mall - 1b
Agulu Lake Hotel - 9b
Aguleri Uno Rig Bridge - 23b
Awka Flyovers - 13b
International Conference Center Awka - 2b
Roads other - Unknown
Street lights - unknown

gwafaeziokwu:


I thought you would have asked what Ogun state is doing with their impressive igr instead of questioning Anambra that has been fiscally responsible.

Answer me oga, why is Ogun state fiscally irresponsible despite their 'impressive igr' ?

IDENNAA:


What goes on in Ogun state is non of our business. Our goal should be to develop our fathers land and pull our teeming youths out of poverty and ignorance. Obiano is a ffucking failure and we all know this. If we had a man like Obi for 16 years no state in Nigeria will measure up to Anambra. How much did Obiano save ? Abeg , stop measuring ddics with Yoruba and focus on your problems...its distraction.

IGBOSON1:
Any other Nwafor notice that anytime a news report is posted that places Ndigbo or Alaigbo above a certain grp of people and is placed on the front page, soon after you will see a raft of anti-Igbo posts made and fastracked to the front page as well....even one on a woman chopping off someone’s finger!

Why do you think this happens? Just go take a look at the home page, scroll down and you’d see what i mean! I could equally be bigoted and tribalistic, and post negative news of the other regions responsible for this campaign (we know who they are....one in the north and another in the south), but i have better things to do with my life!

gwafaeziokwu:


I thought you would have asked what Ogun state is doing with their impressive igr instead of questioning Anambra that has been fiscally responsible.

Answer me oga, why is Ogun state fiscally irresponsible despite their 'impressive igr' ?

UmuEri:


So you will just come to another person's community and dispose them of over 1, 500 hecters of land for Airport, and then turn around to named the Airport after another community?

What is wrong with the brain of an average Nigerian for God sake!

For the records, the name is "Anambra International Cargo/Passenger Airport, Ivite Umueri". If you don't like the name, then go to Onitsha and provide government the land and let them build it there.

Ahamefuna0001:


Hey, please don't insult Imo state. I'm from there even though my mum is from Anambra and I'm always happy for any good development in any of the South Eastern states cos I know that a win for them is a win for me too. This is a time when we'll need our collective unity, you're doing more harm than good and we don't need it.

IDENNAA:


What goes on in Ogun state is non of our business. Our goal should be to develop our fathers land and pull our teeming youths out of poverty and ignorance. Obiano is a ffucking failure and we all know this. If we had a man like Obi for 16 years no state in Nigeria will measure up to Anambra. How much did Obiano save ? Abeg , stop measuring ddics with Yoruba and focus on your problems...its distraction.

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First pictures from ongoing Awka Stadium, the contractor moving more equipments to site

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Update

gwafaeziokwu:



May be if you had taken time to read the post I quoted. Then you might have understood how Ogun state entered the discussion. What goes on in Yoruba states do not bother me, but when you come to an Igbo thread to throw shade with ethnic bias then you get your due reply.

I am not an Obiano apologist. But even if he has not transformed Anambra to Eldorado, he has made giant strides and most importantly had not allowed the state to decay. There are enough statistics to prove that he has not been sleeping on duty. Nigeria have been on economic down slope for the greater part of his administration yet the state keep on performing wonders in all the economic indices of development. I will score him 70/100 in good governance. The remaining 30% I will keep because of some areas where he performed below par.

I love the saving habit of Obi, but I also love the futuristic capital projects like Airport and others. All are investment into the future of Ndi Anambra. Each government will definitely choose an approach. Obiano has not put us in trouble. He is yet to mortgage the state through rising debt like his counterparts all over the nation are doing. He might not be as astute as Obi but he has kept our fiscal balance in green so that we will have enough money to develop Anambra state. His successor will not have to battle reduced FAAC allocation due to loan repayment.

Pension, Salary and gratuity are been paid regularly, there is relatively security in Anambra, education sector is not suffering, health sector is receiving attention. I don't want to talk about the agricultural revolution under him.

We all look out for different things in governance. Right now he tick a lot of boxes for me and has my approval.

gwafaeziokwu:



May be if you had taken time to read the post I quoted. Then you might have understood how Ogun state entered the discussion. What goes on in Yoruba states do not bother me, but when you come to an Igbo thread to throw shade with ethnic bias then you get your due reply.

I am not an Obiano apologist. But even if he has not transformed Anambra to Eldorado, he has made giant strides and most importantly had not allowed the state to decay. There are enough statistics to prove that he has not been sleeping on duty. Nigeria have been on economic down slope for the greater part of his administration yet the state keep on performing wonders in all the economic indices of development. I will score him 70/100 in good governance. The remaining 30% I will keep because of some areas where he performed below par.

I love the saving habit of Obi, but I also love the futuristic capital projects like Airport and others. All are investment into the future of Ndi Anambra. Each government will definitely choose an approach. Obiano has not put us in trouble. He is yet to mortgage the state through rising debt like his counterparts all over the nation are doing. He might not be as astute as Obi but he has kept our fiscal balance in green so that we will have enough money to develop Anambra state. His successor will not have to battle reduced FAAC allocation due to loan repayment.

Pension, Salary and gratuity are been paid regularly, there is relative security in Anambra, education sector is not suffering, health sector is receiving attention. I don't want to talk about the agricultural revolution under him.

We all look out for different things in governance. Right now he tick a lot of boxes for me and has my approval.

Rocksvibes234:
True talk, my brother.
Everyone has his own sight, Obiano is really doing well but some won't understand.
They want him to be like Peter obi and Umahi but they don't know in other ways Obiano is far better than them

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You don't expect all to agree with you, some of our brothers are in opposition parties

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The place is very massive for the stadium and enough space for other sports facilities, they have casted four massive pillars for the stadium lights