Former Nigerian lawmaker, Shehu Sani has lashed out at Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi for naming the newly constructed international airport in the State after President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sani stressed that it was sycophantic and immoral to name two airports in the country after Buhari.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that the Ebonyi State Government had noted that it has secured approval from the Federal Government to carry out an inaugural test fight at the new International Airport, Onueke.
The Airport was named after President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Reacting to the development via his Twitter handle on Thursday, Sani urged Buhari to respectfully decline the offer adding that there are other renowned individuals such as late Chinua Achebe, Emeka Anyaoku, Victoria Ironsi or Odumegwu Ojukwu that the Airports could be named after.
He wrote, ‘The construction of Ebonyi Airport is commendable. Kudos. But It’s immoral & sycophantic to name two airports in the country after Buhari. He should respectfully decline it.The airport should rather be named after Chinua Achebe, Emeka Anyaokwu,Victoria Ironsi or the Ikemba himself.’
Meanwhile, Umahi had also revealed how members of the House of Assembly forfeited many years of their constituency project funds to enable him to complete the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport.
Umahi spoke made this revelation during a test run of flight operations at the airport. According to him, the Francis Nwafuru-led assembly made tremendous sacrifices for the actualisation of the airport which he said cost N36 billion.
He said: ‘When we were seeking N10 billion to procure equipment for the airport, the speaker recalled the members who were on recess to approve the fund. The members did not only approve the fund, they also forfeited their three-year constituency project funds to ensure the project is completed.’
The governor also thanked President Buhari for his ‘unquantified’ support towards realisation of the airport.