By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka
AWKA — The President of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Nigeria, AOPAN, and Second Vice President of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative, ASRTI, Dr Alex Nwuba, has said the Anambra State Government is not building a second passenger airport, but a new economic city with an airport as its transport hub.
Nwuba, in a statement sent to Vanguard on Monday, said the project, known as the Anambra Aerotropolis Export Free Trade Zone in Orumba North Local Government Area, was being misconstrued in public discourse as a second airport.
He said the distinction was important because the project was designed as a planned economic city built around a cargo-led international airport, rather than simply another passenger gateway.
According to him, the project is intended to serve as a logistics and industrial hub connecting air, road, rail and inland water transport while supporting manufacturing, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, commerce and exports in the South-East.
