FG ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OWERRI AIRPORT FOR RUNWAY REHABILITATION. (PHOTO).

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 FG ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OWERRI AIRPORT FOR RUNWAY REHABILITATION  The  Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced the temporary closure of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, to allow for major runway rehabilitation works. A statement by the  Minister says the closure has become necessary to improve safety and operational efficiency at the airport, ahead of the Christmas travel season. It adds that the rehabilitation project is a joint partnership between the Federal Government and the Imo State Government, and will involve repairs to deteriorated sections of the runway, treatment of surface cracks, filling of potholes, resurfacing, and extension works to accommodate larger aircraft. The Minister disclosed that he had earlier spoken with the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who, along with other critical stakeholders in the South-East, agreed on the need for the temporary closure. The airport i...

FG DEPLOYED FIRE FIGHTING TRUCKS TO OYO STATE FIRE SERVICE.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      As part of efforts aimed at reducing loss of life and property to fire disaster in the state, the federal government deployed two state of the art Fire fighting trucks to the Federal Fire Service in Oyo State.
The Governor who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Engr. Raufu Olaniyan at the commissioning of the two brand new state of the art firefighting trucks, which was deployed by the Federal Government for use by the federal fire service in Oyo State made it known in his address that the state government has taken proactive steps in curtailing fire outbreaks by upgrading the state fire services from a department under the Ministry of Works to an agency for effective operation.
He also noted that the state government has improved infrastructure and currently moving to an advanced stage of procuring another set of firefighting trucks.
While appreciating the Federal Government and the Minister of Interior, Ogbenl Rauf Aregbesola for deploying the two Fire Fighting trucks, he implored the Federal Fire Service personnel to make good use of the trucks and pleaded that the residents of the state should make good use of the opportunity by calling on the Federal and State Fire Services for necessary advice and timely actions on fire prevention/combat when the occasion demands.
Also, present at the commissioning was the Comptroller General of Federal Fire Service, Alhaji Lehman Ibrahim who was represented by his deputy, Mr. Callistus Agu who said the recent fire outbreaks expedited the Federal Government’s decision to deploy the trucks to the state so as to combat fire disasters.More photos below.
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