{"id":173773,"date":"2025-08-12T15:48:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cross-river-government-acquires-two-more-cally-air-aircraft"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:04:55","slug":"cross-river-government-acquires-two-more-cally-air-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cross-river-government-acquires-two-more-cally-air-aircraft","title":{"rendered":"Cross River Government Acquires Two More Cally Air Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Cross River State government has procured two new aircraft to increase the fleet of Cally Air to four.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kassim Shettima inaugurated the two new aircraft on Tuesday, at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that two aircraft earlier procured for the take-off of the Cross River-owned Cally Air are currently being managed by ValueJet pending the issuance of operating license.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration, Gov. Bassey Otu saidt he state government plans to increase the fleet of Cally Air to seven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already have two aircraft that are flying, we are adding another two today, and very soon, we shall add another three to make it seven,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Otu said his administration was strongly building on three areas of development which were initiated by his predecessors.<\/p>\n<p>He said his predecessors initiated projects in tourism, rural development and industrialisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came into government to meet three engines that were started by my predecessors. The first engine is tourism which was begun by Donald Duke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also saw rural development which was anchored by Liyel Imoke, and I saw industrialisation which was started by Prof. Ben Ayade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plans of these leaders were to move the state away from dependency on the centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I came into office, I saw the reason to integrate these three engines in order to create a robust economy that can take the state to another level<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we are building on the aviation sector which is very key to our tourism development target,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor stated that the Cross River Government was keying into President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renew Hope Agenda as a way of promoting economic growth and citizens\u2019 wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Cross River State government has procured two new aircraft to increase the fleet of Cally Air to four. Vice President Kassim Shettima inaugurated the two new aircraft on Tuesday, at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar. 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