President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday praised the Governor of Ebonyi State Dave Umahi’s infrastructure drive, describing the Ebonyi leader as an engineer with repute.
Buhari who is on a two-day visit to the South-East State said this while inaugurating the 700-metre length twin-flyover also called King David’s University flyover which cost two billion Naira, adding that he is impressed with the performance and he knows the projects will last.
The President who equally inaugurated the Cancer Centre at the King David University of Medical Sciences, built and equipped by the Federal Government under TETFUND, at Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area, said he has decided to accept the offer of to take over the University of Medical sciences.
He earlier said Governor Umahi, made the right choice by defecting from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress APC.
The Governor who is also the Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum at a state banquet in honor of the President said there is no President in Nigeria’s history like him.
Umahi reiterated his administration’s efforts in completing the ongoing airport project by June 2022, requesting 10 billion Naira from the President for the purchase of airport equipment.
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