President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the release of the sum of N10bn Special Intervention Fund for immediate repairs and upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu.
The approval of the fund was the high point of the courtesy call on the president by a delegation of governors and leaders of the southeast yesterday at the State House in Abuja.
Buhari, who said he was aware of the central nature of the airport, which was closed for repairs since August 24, to the socio-economic development of the southeast, added that he was also conscious of the infrastructure deficits all over the country occasioned by lack of judicious use of available resources in the past.
