{"id":243110,"date":"2026-06-18T18:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia-airport-takes-shape-as-govt-intensifies-construction-efforts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:08:34","slug":"abia-airport-takes-shape-as-govt-intensifies-construction-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia-airport-takes-shape-as-govt-intensifies-construction-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia Airport Takes Shape As Govt Intensifies Construction Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Intensive construction work is seriously progressing at the Abia <\/a>International Airport project site in Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area, with ongoing earthworks and runway construction.<\/p>\n

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The Airport project being executed through a joint collaboration between the Abia <\/a>State Government and the Federal Government, is expected to be completed within a two year projected time frame.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Newsmen during an inspection tour of the site, in continuation of the inspection tour by members of the Renewed Hope Presidential Media Team to the project site, the Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Chaka Chukwumerije, said the airport which occupies 1,025 hectares of land was acquired by the Abia <\/a>State Government on behalf of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Chukwumerije disclosed that the project was initially conceived as a cargo airport but was subsequently upgraded to an international airport following the intervention of the state government.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Abia <\/a>airport in Nsulu sits on 1,025 hectares of land acquired by the Abia <\/a>State Government on behalf of the Federal Government for the construction of an international airport which the Abia <\/a>State Government is doing in collaborati<\/em>on with the Federal Government.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe initial intention was to build a cargo airport but with the intervention of the Abia <\/a>State Government it was upgraded to an international airport\u201d, the Commissioner explained.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mr Chukwumerije added that while the Abia <\/a>State Government is responsible for the construction of the runway, the Federal Government is handling the terminal building.<\/p>\n

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He said progress has also been made in compensating affected landowners, with compensation fully paid to all persons whose lands fall within the runway corridor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the land acquisition, we have far gone in the payment of compensation. Compensation for everybody whose land acquired within the runway has been completed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe surrounding land around the runway, we are actively paying compensation and will soon complete the process.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs you can see behind me, the work is actively ongoing in terms of the construction of the runway\u201d, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Contributing, SA to the Governor on Lands and Housing who doubles as the Airport Coordinator, Pastor Okorougo Aji, explained that the three-kilometre runway had been cleared from the starting point to the endpoint, while extensive construction activities, including cutting, filling and compacting are currently ongoing.<\/p>\n

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Pastor Aji, disclosed that construction has advanced to nearly one kilometre of the runway and expressed optimism that the airport would be completed within the next two years.<\/p>\n

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He described the airport project as a dream gradually becoming reality, noting that many had doubted its feasibility when it was first announced.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome few years back, people thought it was not going to be a reality. Today, you are standing at the starting point of the landing section of the runway.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cHere, there is no delays. You can see here, we are doing what is called cutting and we are filling and we are compacting.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs we speak now, we have gotten up to close to a kilometre. I want to tell you that within the next two years, as has been promised, this airport is going to be ready\u201d, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Also speaking, the site engineer, Mr Yusuf Tawk, said work is progressing despite the challenges posed by the rainy season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs you can see here, we are moving forward with the cut and fill area of all the runway. We are doing our best to achieve what is possible, especially during the rainy season. Hopefully, we will see everything coming better and better in the next coming weeks\u201d, Mr Tawk said.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, and other senior government officials, joined members of the Media Team on the inspection tour.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Intensive construction work is seriously progressing at the Abia International Airport project site in Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area, with ongoing earthworks and runway construction. The Airport project being executed through a joint collaboration between the Abia State Government and the Federal Government, is expected to be completed within a two year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":243111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot_20260618-154022_1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}