DAY
1 OF PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO ENUGU STATE:. The
people of Enugu State trooped out in their thousands to give President
Olusegun
Obasanjo a rousing welcome as he commenced a 2 day working visit to
Enugu State today (February 7, 2005). The president who flew into the
Akanu
Ibiam Airport Enugu directly from Zambia visited the State to
commission, inspect and flag off a number of projects including the
federal government
funded Enugu Water Augmentation Scheme at Oji River, and other 9 completed
and on-going projects of the Chimaroke Nnamani administration. At the ESUT
Teaching Hospital the President expressed the hope that it would
be "an epitome of healthcare delivery" as well as "a reference
point
in
the annals
of teaching hospitals in Nigeria", while
at the International
Conference Centre, he confessed that the host Governor had sprung
many surprises on him. He also commisioned the Golf
Housing Estate and the Chime
Avenue dualization project as well as flagged off the New
Haven/Independence Layout link road. See pictures below.
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 The President bends down to receive flowers from a little girl at the airport reception ceremony.  President and Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo takes a salute on the dias while on the left is Governor Nnamani |
 Governor Nnamani introduces Mr. President to top functionaries of the State  Inspecting a Guard of Honour |
 Mr. President hands over the key of the Oji River Water Augmentation project to Governor Nnamani  President Obasanjo, assisted from right by Governor Nnamani, Minister of Special Duties Mr. Frank Nweke Jr. and Southeast Chairman of the PDP Nze Fidelis Ozichukwu, commissions the Golf Housing Estate.  The president flags off the the Ebeano Tunnel crossing project |
 President Obasano, flanked on the right by Governor Nnamani and on the left by Minister of Water Resources Alhaji Muktar Shagari unveils the plaque  President Obasanjo cuts the tape at the ESUT Teaching hospital which is nearing completion  The President was later treated to a State Banquet at the Governor's Lodge |