The federal government has approved the
\nrequest by Cross River State for the formal
\nrecognition of Bakassi Deep Seaport, which is
\nunder construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making the disclosure at the weekend while
\nanswering questions from journalists at the
\nState House, Cross River State Governor, Prof.
\nBen Ayade, said the official approval of the port
\nby the federal government had given the state
\nthe recipe to launch the port on a commercial
\nscale.
\nHe listed the composition of the port to include
\nan evacuation corridor and a six-lane highway
\nlinking the port with the north.
\nAyade, who spoke with journalists after
\nmeeting with the Chief of Staff, Malam Abba
\nKyari, also said the highway which is almost
\ncompleted was conceived to bring the northern
\ncloser to the Atlantic Ocean.
\nAccording to him, investors will invest on the
\nhighway by building toll gates, adding that it
\nwould boost the movement of goods because it
\nis a virgin road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnly yesterday, we got the official approval for
\nthe Bakassi Deep Sea Port outline business
\ncase which means that the Nigerian
\ngovernment has now officially recognised the
\nBakassi Deep Sea Port and has given us the
\nimpetus to go for the full business case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Bakassi Deep Seaport is the only port in
Nigeria that has an evacuation corridor; so you
have a port in Bakassi with a six-lane super
highway taking you direct to northern Nigeria.
So, what Cross River is trying to do is take the
Atlantic Ocean closer to Northern Nigeria.
\u201cThe super highway is almost done. If you get
to the super highway today, construction work
is going on but because it is a brand new road,
you don\u2019t see it from the road and we are not
in a habit of dramatising it but when the dry
season comes, I am relocating to the super
highway because what we have done is to
segment it into 50 kilometres each and allow
investors who are interested to your beat; do
it; put your toll gate and recover your money
because it is a private road.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is a road that has never existed. It is not a
federal road. It is my initiative and the whole
idea is that the Northern part of Nigeria
particularly, the North-east and North-west
cannot see the desired prosperity unless they
get access to the deep sea port.
\u201cOtherwise, the wonderful sesame seed we
have in Borno and Yobe lie prostrate. The solid
minerals we have in the North-east is lying
waste because you cannot travel 2,000
kilometres to a seaport carrying such materials
on road.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, definitely the super highway will shorten
all of that. The coal deposit is unexploited. So,
you see Nigeria sitting in huge want particularly
for northern Nigeria without anybody
extracting. I believe that the super highway
and the Deep Seaport are supposed to be
federal government project at this time
particularly with the potential that it will
succeed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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