Rotimi Amaechi, minister of
transportation, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the building of
two new seaports
He made this known while speaking
on “Railway Infrastructure: Progress and Plan” at the 2020 national economic
outlook in Lagos, on Tuesday.
The minister said the new
seaports will in Bonny, Rivers, and in Warri, Delta state.
He added that Buhari has also
assured him that a railway will be constructed from Port Harcourt, Rivers
state, to Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.
He said the current
administration is more business friendly, saying several infrastructures wil be
completed before the end of the tenure.
“We will provide railway for Port
Harcourt to Maiduguri, the President has assured me. We are discussing and
announcement would be made on the project soon,” he said.
“The president has also approved
the construction of two new seaports. One in Bonny and another in Warri. The
first deep seaport we will have in Nigeria is already being built in Lekki.
There’s one being proposed by the Akwa Ibom State government. I think they call
it Ibom Seaport. I have told them to bring it and I will give them all the
backing they need.
“I tell people that this
government is by far more business friendly. We would leave as much infrastructure
for Nigeria.”
Amaechi said the Buhari
administration is committed to boosting economic activities and enhancing
trade.
He said the area of cargoes will
be looked into to ensure adequate transportation of goods across the country.
“Nigerians are mostly particular
about human transportation, how they can commute from Lagos to Ibadan daily,
but the most important is actually for moving cargo to enhance productivity,”
he said.
“Lagos to Kano rail is capable of
moving 30 million tons of Cargo from Lagos to Kano, while Port Harcourt to
Maiduguri can take 11 million tons of cargo.
“We would also look at policy to
ensure that after building the railways, there are certain cargoes that will
not be allowed on the roads, to encourage movement of cargo on the rail lines
and to ensure that our roads last longer… Moving cargo across the country
through rail would be cheaper and faster than the roads.”
He said the security of Nigerian
waters and goods moving on it will be catered for.
Amaechi disclosed that three
helicopters, two airplanes, and four to six drones will be provided for
maritime security.
“We are trying to put in place, 3
helicopters, 2 airplanes, 4 to 6 drones, 24 hours, we will be in the air,
watching Nigerian waters from Lagos to Calabar,” he said.
“We will be training soldiers,
because this time we said not just the Navy, we want soldiers to come in, we
want SSS, police, we want Airforce to come in.
“So for 24 hours, from my office,
I can see Nigerian waters from beginning to the end.”
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