First Plane lands in the newly-built Bayelsa State International Airport
The aeroplane marked 5N-BUV, has become the first aeroplane to land in the newly-built Bayelsa International airport in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw.
Governor Seriake Dickson who built the new Bayelsa Airport said to be worth over N65 billion, was accompanied on the flight by his wife Dr Rachel Dickson; Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd); Chairman of the state Traditional Rulers Council, King Alfred Diete Spiff, among others.
A second flight operated by Air Peace Airline also landed at the airport, which has a 3.5 – kilometre runway, said to be the longest in the country, where a jubilant crowd eagerly waited to receive Governor Seriake Dickson.
The Governor who described the airport as one of the best in the country, noting that it would serve as a free trade zone not only in the Niger Delta but also for the Gulf of Guinea, took a swipe at critics of the project, particularly the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri for “spreading falsehood” about the project.
