EXCLUSIVE: 'White Elephant': How Ebonyi Government Squandered Over N53billion Borrowed Funds On Abandoned Airport, Serving Only Umahi, Family

News | Sahara Reporters | 12-09-2026 02:39pm |

A visit to the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport in Onueke, Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State, reveals what the report describes as a monument of fiscal recklessness and wasted public resources. The report states that over N53 billion in borrowed funds was spent on the abandoned airport project. It adds that the facility serves only former Governor Dave Umahi and his family. The state is described as battling severe poverty and infrastructural decay.

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