OBI ATTRIBUTES STAMPEDE TRAGEDIES IN OYO, FCT, AND ANAMBRA TO HUNGER AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES. (PHOTO).

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 Peter Obi has blamed hunger and systemic failures for the recent spate of stampedes across the country.  Scores of persons were dead, and many others wounded in the tragic incidents in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija in Anambra and another one in the nation’s capital of Abuja. The stampedes happened in a space of five days with the last two occurring on Saturday morning during food distribution campaigns. Obi, who was the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said the incidents underline the rising hunger in the country which has led to desperation. “I am deeply saddened and distressed by the tragic loss of lives in desperate searches for food,” Obi, who is a former governor of Anambra State, wrote in a post on his X account Saturday afternoon. “While I will not cast blame but instead appreciate the organizers of these respective events for their kind gestures in providing palliatives and support to society, especially the poor, these tragedies reflect the...
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ANAMBRA AIRPORT UPGRADE : GOVERNOR OBIANO VISITS FACILITY, ANTICIPATES FURTHER UPGRADE. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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Anambra Airport Upgrade: Governor Obiano Visits Facility, Anticipates Further Upgrade


Following approval by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to Anambra State government to operate Boeing 737-700 aircraft and its equivalent at Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri, Governor Willie Obiano paid a visit to the facility to ensure that things are working according to scheduled plans.

The Governor inspected some facilities being mounted including the escalators, conveyors, among others, pending further upgrade.

Speaking to the press at the VIP waiting section shortly after, Governor Obiano who expressed gladness that Ndi Anambra and others who have been flying through the airport since it’s commissioning, explained that the upgrade implies that bigger aircrafts that can carry between three hundred and three hundred and fifty passengers per time.

According to the Governor, the fire category of the airport has been upgraded from category five to category six, pointing out that when the fire trucks from Germany arrive, it will be further upgraded to category nine.

While describing it as a first class facility and the best in Africa with its good finishing, beauty and facilities, the Governor who stated that aviation fuel is now being sold in the airport, called on ndi Anambra to continue to patronize the facility, saying that soon, the lighting arrangement at the tarmac will be fully done and launched.

He emphasized that it is the best because the DVR and ILS have been energized to guide planes, pointing out that code for the satellite landing system will soon come, afterwhich they will commence the calibration, making Anambra Airport the only airport that have those equipments in Nigeria.

Recall that in a later dated 24th January, 2022, the Airport regulator communicated the Governor about the latest upgrade based on satisfactory inspection carried out by the aerodrome safety inspectors to ascertain the preparedness of the airport to for the upgrade in fire cover from category five to category six.
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