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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Monday, July 05, 2004. Enugu, Senate differ over Enugu Airport By Chukwudi Achife,  Bureau Chief, Enugu The Enugu State government and the Senate may clash if the latter makes good its promise to transfer to any other southeast state an approved plan by the Federal Government to upgrade the Enugu Airport to an international status. The  Commissioner for Information and Culture, Chief Ayogu Eze, told journalists in Enugu that the government did not take kindly to a comment credited to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Chris Nshii, that the committee was now favourably disposed to the Owerri Airport being upgraded to international status instead of Enugu Airport. He accused Nshii of going beyond the scope of his responsibilities by the comment, adding that he had indicted his committee for failing to put pressure on the Federal Government to release the approvals for the project at the Enugu Airport. The commissioner said so far as the state government was concerned, the plan to upgrade the airport was still on course, explaining that an assurance on this was recently given by the Minister of Aviation, Isa Yuguda, who said his ministry would soon make N3 billion available for the project. He said, "The issue of the status of airports in Nigeria is an executive function. We have no information that the executive has reversed itself. As far as we are concerned in Enugu, the plan to turn Enugu into an international airport is on course." He argued that the Enugu airport is more strategically located than the Owerri airport, explaining that while Enugu airport will be more convenient for travellers from the six states of Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi, Benue, Kogi, Anambra and Imo, the Owerri airport being too close to the under-utilised Port Harcourt airport, will serve Imo and parts of Abia states. The Commissioner advised the Nshii to avoid making comments capable of causing controversies, unnecessary tension and discord in the country. "What did Nshii hope to achieve by that comment except to create disharmony between the two governments of Enugu and Imo states by initiating an unnecessary rat-race to Abuja," he said.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.dailyindependentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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