Buhari commissions Yobe cargo intl airport, police projects

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BY IBRAHIM ABDULHAMID, JANUARY 10, 2023 | 05:49 AM


President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Yobe International Cargo Airport located Damaturu.

Upon arrival at the airport from Yola, where he was earlier in the day for a political rally, President Buhari proceeded to commission the project.

The airport, now commissioned, is now to be known as Muhammadu Buhari International Cargo Airport, Damaturu.

He also commissioned according to police, some state-of-the-art construction projects by IGP Usman Baba Alkali, the inspector-general of police.

The various projects commissioned include a fully furnished ultra-modern police hospital complete with a hospital block, administrative block, pharmacy building, a modern accident and emergency centre, as well as a morgue.

Others include a newly constructed two-storey structure to serve as the Yobe State Police Command headquarters, fully fitted with furnishings, contemporary information and technology assets, and an elevator and access for persons with physical challenges.

Also commissioned, a statement by the police said, is a new block of classrooms, an administrative block, and two hostel blocks for the Police Secondary School in Damaturu, Yobe State.

The president, while expressing his satisfaction with the projects, lauded the IGP for his visionary leadership and commitment to better policing services for all members of the country, which has translated into magnificent projects for the Nigeria Police Force all around the country.

The commissioning event had in attendance the governors of Yobe and Borno, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, CON, and Prof. (Engr.), Babagana Umara Zulum, CON, the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, CON, the Chairman Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Haliru Dauda Jika, Honourable Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, Service Chiefs – Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Staff, Heads of Security Agencies and other distinguished guests.

The president will be commissioning additional projects tomorrow before he departs the state.


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