{"id":1359,"date":"2019-08-02T09:16:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T08:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2019-08-02T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T08:16:24","slug":"fg-to-begin-construction-of-dry-ports-in-abia-plateau-others-icrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/02\/fg-to-begin-construction-of-dry-ports-in-abia-plateau-others-icrc\/","title":{"rendered":"FG to begin construction of dry ports in Abia, Plateau, others \u2013 ICRC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Abbas Bamalli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Federal Government is set to begin the construction of Inland \nContainer Dry Ports in Abia, Oyo, Plateau, Borno and Kaduna states to \nreduce the pressures on the sea ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is even as the government had also received private sector \nproposals for the construction of similar ports in Dagbolu in Osun \nState, Lolo in Kebbi State, Onitsha in Anambra State and Ogwashi-Uku in \nDelta State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director General (DG) Infrastructural Concession Regulatory \nCommission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah disclosed this when he led the \nmanagement of the ICRC to inspect some Federal Government projects in \nKano, which included the dry port and the Oasis Oxygen Plant project at \nAminu Kano Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izuwah said that the Federal Government was committed to the speedy \ncompletion of the Dala Inland Dry Port located at Zawachiki in Kumbotso \nLocal Government Area of Kano State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, the establishment of such dry port is quite \nimportant for the country\u2019s economy, being the biggest commercial city \nin the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izuwah said the Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in Nigeria is a catalyst for Trade Stimulation and Economic Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt receives containers by rail or road from the seaport for \ninspection and clearance by Customs as well as other relevant \nAuthorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has all the loading and off-loading equipment needed to handle containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the ICDs are expected to bring shipping services to the \ndoorstep of shippers across the nation, assist in decongesting the \nseaports and make them more user friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOther benefits include providing the impetus to revive and modernise\n the railway as a primary mode for long-distance haulage as well as to \nassist in the overall costs of cargo to hinterland locations and transit\n cargoes to landlocked countries,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Izuwah, Nigeria\u2019s seaport facilities have been over-stretched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that it was probably in the realisation of this fact that the\n Federal Ministry of Transportation through the Nigerian Shippers \nCouncil, came up with the idea of establishing the ICDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigerian Shippers Council, is the agency charged with the duty of protecting the interest of shippers (importers and exporters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that under the project, imported goods meant for certain \nhinterland would be transferred by rail or road to the facility where \nimporters in the areas could access their consignments at cheap rates \nand closer to their warehouses and markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ICDs are also to serve as rallying points for exporters, where \ntheir consignments for export would be moved by using multiple modes of \ntransportation (rail or road) to the conventional seaports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor effective coverage of the hinterlands across the country, there \nare seven approved locations for the Inland Container ICDs, which are \nunder concession with Private Sector Operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ports are; IsialaNgwa in Aba, Erunmu in Ibadan, Heipang, located\n in Jos, Zawachiki, Kano, Funtua in Katrina, Jauri, Maiduguri while ICNL\n in Kaduna,\u2019\u2019 the ICRC DG said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that these ports were in addition to the seven gazetted ICDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere have been proposals from the private sector to establish ports\n at Dagbolu in Osun State, Lolo in Kebbi State, Onitsha in Anambra State\n and Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother cardinal objective of the ICD concept was to remove the pressure on the conventional seaports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConventional ports, which have always been congested by moving the \nconsignments to the nearest dry port as soon as they arrived where their\n owners would clear and deliver to their respective warehouses and \ndestinations at less transport cost and stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, the DG said the establishment of the\n Oxygen Gas Plan was a welcome development, adding that the ICRC would \ndo everything possible to ensure speedy completion of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said one of the responsibility of the commission is to ensure that\n any contract awarded is carried out, similarly any project that is \ndelayed is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DG said that if the hospital has any uncompleted project they should write, assuring the management that he would find ways to accelerate the completion of the projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

The Federal Government is set to begin the construction of Inland
\nContainer Dry Ports in Abia, Oyo, Plateau, Borno and Kaduna states to
\nreduce the pressures on the sea ports.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

This is even as the government had also received private sector
\nproposals for the construction of similar ports in Dagbolu in Osun
\nState, Lolo in Kebbi State, Onitsha in Anambra State and Ogwashi-Uku in
\nDelta State.<\/p>\n

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