President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Lagos praised the efforts of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, towards making the Lekki Deep Sea Port a reality.
The President directed the minister to consult and bring up a memorandum to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to link the facility with the railway network.
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
Shehu said as part of his engagements in Lagos, the President inspected the rate of work done at the first Deep Sea Port in Nigeria located in Lagos Free Zone, 65Km east of Lagos.
In the course of the inspection, the President received firm assurances that the port, which had a concession period of 45 years and “sits on a land area of 90 hectares, will be completed on schedule by September.”
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