{"id":10776,"date":"2013-01-27T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/01\/yuguda-lays-foundation-of-n79bn-bauchi-intl-airport\/"},"modified":"2013-01-27T04:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T04:24:00","slug":"yuguda-lays-foundation-of-n79bn-bauchi-intl-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/01\/27\/yuguda-lays-foundation-of-n79bn-bauchi-intl-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuguda Lays Foundation of N79bn Bauchi Int\u2019l Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bauchi State governor, Malam Isa Yuguda<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Segun Awofadeji<\/p>\n

The Bauchi State governor, Malam Isa Yuguda,\u00a0 has laid the foundation stone of the N7.9billion\u00a0 Bauch International Airport.<\/p>\n

The official ceremony was performed weekend barely a month to the\u00a0 deadline of completion of the project which is currently witnessing finishing touches, preparatory to its commissioning in March.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the foundation laying ceremony\u00a0 , Yuguda explained that the concept of the International Airport dates back to the 80\u2019s along with Akure and Warri amongst others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strategic location of Bauchi State as a gateway to the North-east sub-region and also being a home to the West African premier Game Reserve, the Yankari Game Reserve, makes the construction of an international airport imperative,\u201d Yuguda stated.<\/p>\n

The governor said that an efficient transportation system was necessary for the socio-economic development of any society, adding that an efficient and effective transportation system was needed to facilitate the movement of the people and goods within the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in realisation of the direct bearing transportation has on the overall socio-economic development of the state that our government has since inception embarked on the construction of roads in different parts of the state,\u201d the governor stated.<\/p>\n

According to the governor,\u201cthe dream of Bauchi State having an international airport has long been awaited because successive administration lacked the political will to do so. Air transportation is not only relatively safer, but is faster, safer and more comfortable than road transportation. With an international airport in place, Bauchi State will attract both local and foreign investors that will go a long way in boosting the socio-economy of the state\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yuguda ,who pointed out that oil was generating more revenue for the country , said that\u00a0 investment in tourism can generate revenue three times\u00a0 more than oil, hence the need for a befitting airport system in the state.<\/p>\n

He further said that contract for the construction of the international airport was awarded to\u00a0 Triacta Nigeria Limited at the cost of N7,999,595,433.13 with a completion period of 18 months, adding that the construction work of the project which has reached advanced stage has a length of 3.4km runway with 1kilometre crash road at both sides as well as a width of 60metres.<\/p>\n

The governor disclosed that Bauchi International Airport which is expected to be officially inaugurated within the first quarter of the year would be used in airlifting intending pilgrims for the 2013 Hajj operation from the state.<\/p>\n

He said,\u201cthe airport was designed for 747 aircraft that will serve the operational needs of both international and domestic flights. A fire-fighting station will also be established in the airport that will be later converted to a fire training school\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bauchi State governor, Malam Isa Yuguda By Segun Awofadeji The Bauchi State governor, Malam Isa Yuguda,\u00a0 has laid the foundation stone of the N7.9billion\u00a0 Bauch International Airport. The official ceremony was performed weekend barely a month to the\u00a0 deadline of completion of the project which is currently witnessing finishing touches, preparatory to its commissioning in March. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}