by Isi Esene

The Kebbi state governor, Seidu Dakingari has assured that the new Kebbi International Airport in Birnin Kebbi will soon be ready for commissioning.

Dakingari said this while taking the National Good Governance Team on a tour of the airport.

He said the airport will be ready for public use by August.

According to him, the commissioning of the airport will open the state to investors and also enable people, especially farmers, export their farm produce. He added that the airport will be an avenue for job creation to absorb unemployed youth in the state.

The governor said the upgrade of the facility, which is currently an airstrip, was approved by the Federal Ministry of Aviation. He said the contract was awarded in August 2011 at the cost of N13.5 billion.

A representative of the firm handling the project, Jiang Wei reportedly said work on the airport is almost reaching completion promising to deliver on schedule.