Several months after the Federal Governement through the Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA) inducated interest in constructing a deepsea port in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom state, the state Governor; Godswill Akpabio confirmed last Friday that the state government had acquired 9,400 hectares of land for the construction of the proposed seaport.
Akpabio made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja.
Several months after the Federal Governement through the Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA) inducated interest in constructing a deepsea port in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom state, the state Governor; Godswill Akpabio confirmed last Friday that the state government had acquired 9,400 hectares of land for the construction of the proposed seaport.
Akpabio made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja.
According to him, the Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, has assured the state that the final documentations for the development of the seaport are ready and will be presented to the Federal Executive Council soon.
“Ibaka Deep Seaport project is not dead and we have identified two major harbours that can take the deep seaport.
“Once it is presented to the Federal Executive Council and the next approval is given for the next stage, I believe we will now go into getting investors to show interest.
“For me, port development is not an affair for one year, it is something that we as a nation must resolve to actualise.
“Developing Ibaka deep sea port is not something that is beneficial to one state alone, rather the entire nation will benefit from there,’’ he said.
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