June 11, 2026
By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, on Wednesday joked that the Ministry of Aviation should be made to pay “landing, parking and takeoff costs” after a private jet mistakenly landed on a concrete road under construction in Asaba, Delta State.
Umahi made the remark during an inspection tour of the Abakaliki–Afikpo–Ndibe Beach Trans-Saharan Highway project in Ebonyi State, alongside a delegation from the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development.
The minister was reacting to reports that an unnamed private aircraft had mistakenly touched down on a section of newly constructed concrete pavement at Ogwashi-Ukwu in Delta State, a road being handled by the Federal Ministry of Works.
