Air planes will land and take off at Asaba International Airport next January. Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan disclosed this in Lagos while fielding answers to question at a Grand House Reception (GHR) organised in his honour at Niteshift Coliseum. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the February 2011 rerun governorship election in Delta State, also vowed to return fire for fire to his opponents. " I will say that there will always be an opposition; some maybe very loud, some maybe very vocal. But let me say that if they give me problem, I will give it back to them. If they give me one problem I will give them two," he said in response to a question. Accompained by Richard Mofe Damijo and Oma Djeba and some members of his campaign organisation, Professor G.G. Dara and Sunny Ofili, Uduaghan used the occasion to announce that by January 2011 air plane will land and take off in Asaba International Airport which his administration conceived. According to him all is set for the maiden flight operation in and out of the airport which he described as the biggest by any state government in Nigeria. Uduaghan who seized the opportunity of the reception to name some of his achievements in office before the election petition appeal tribunal that sat in Benin, ordered a rerun of the 2007 election that brought him to office also told the audience, made up mainly of Deltans, that contrary to insinuations, his administration has transformed Asaba into a worthy state capital. He cited the new government house, which is yet to be completed, the event centre, the street lights including the airport as part some of the landmark efforts of his government at making Asaba a befitting state capital. He said that as part of efforts to improve the standard of education, his administration came up with enhanced salary package for teachers in the state especially those in the rural and riverine areas just as he had embarked on massive rehabilitation of all primary and secondary schools in the state before the appeal tribunal judgment came. He was also quick to point out that Delta State under his stewardship is one of the few states that all the courses in its territay institutions are fully accredited by the relevant government agencies. on the issue of power, Uduaghan who also used the occasion to appeal to Deltans outside the state to "come hope regularly and see things for themselves", said that the state has contributed its own financial share to the federal government Independent Power Project (IPP) while the state's Agip Power Plant (APP) generates 480 megawatts but that the state's energy need of 450 megawatts has not been met because all of the 480 megawatts that the state generates are fed into the national grid which is distributed to other parts of the country and not a drop for the state. "Delta State requires about 450 megawatts of electricity but on a good day we get about 100 megawatts and some other days we get 50 megawatts. It is as bad as that. Our Agip Power Plant generates 480 megawatts but not one drop is used in Delta; everything is fed into the national grid and distributed to other parts of the country," he said. He also gave his administration a pass mark in the area of sustenance of peace in the state which he said he was able to achieve by not adopting the military option.

Air planes will land and take off at Asaba International Airport next January. Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan disclosed this in Lagos while fielding answers to question at a  Grand House Reception (GHR) organised in his honour at Niteshift Coliseum.

The  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the February 2011 rerun governorship election in Delta State, also vowed to return fire for fire to his opponents.

" I will say that there will always be an opposition; some maybe very loud, some maybe very vocal. But let me say that if they give me problem, I will give it back to them. If they give me one problem I will give them two," he said in response to a question.

Accompained by Richard Mofe Damijo and Oma Djeba and some members of his campaign organisation, Professor G.G. Dara and Sunny Ofili, Uduaghan used the occasion to announce that by January 2011 air plane will land and take off in Asaba International Airport which his administration conceived.

According to him all is set for the maiden flight operation in and out of  the airport which he described as the biggest by any state government in Nigeria.

Uduaghan who  seized the opportunity of the reception to name  some of  his achievements in office before the election petition appeal tribunal that sat in Benin,  ordered a rerun of the 2007 election that brought him to office also told the audience,  made up mainly  of Deltans, that contrary to insinuations, his administration has transformed  Asaba into a worthy  state capital.

He cited the new government house, which is  yet to be completed, the event centre, the street lights including the airport as part some of the landmark efforts of his government at making Asaba a befitting state capital.

He said that as part of efforts to improve the standard of education, his administration came up with enhanced salary package for teachers in the state especially those in the rural and riverine areas just as he had embarked on massive rehabilitation of all primary and secondary  schools in the state before the appeal tribunal judgment came.

He was also quick to point out that Delta State under his stewardship  is one of the few states that all the courses in its territay institutions are fully accredited by the relevant government agencies.
on the issue of power, Uduaghan who also used the occasion to appeal to Deltans outside the state to "come hope regularly and see things for themselves", said that the state has contributed its own financial share to  the federal government Independent Power Project (IPP) while the  state's Agip Power Plant (APP) generates 480 megawatts  but that  the state's energy need of  450 megawatts  has not been met because all of the 480 megawatts that the state generates are fed into the national grid which is distributed to other parts of the country and not a drop for the state.
"Delta State requires about 450 megawatts of electricity but on a good day we get about 100 megawatts and some other days we get 50 megawatts. It is as bad as that. Our Agip Power Plant generates 480 megawatts but not one drop is used in Delta; everything is fed into the national grid and distributed to other parts of the country," he said.

He also gave his administration a pass mark in the area of sustenance  of peace in the state which he said he was able to achieve by not adopting the military option.