FG approves Construction of $462m Deep Seaport at Bonny
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Rotimi Amaechi

Daniel Terungwa 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of a deep seaport at Bonny at the cost of $461,924,369.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the 18th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

Amaechi said that FEC meeting also approved award of contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern narrow gauge railway, with new branch lines and trans-shipment facilities.

“The Federal Executive Council today, approved the award of contract for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway, with new branch lines and trans-shipment facilities.

“It also approved the construction of a deep seaport in Bonny under PPP (public private partnership) and construction of a railway industrial park in Port Harcourt,” he said.

 He stated further that the Bonny deep seaport will cost $461,924,369, at no cost to the federal government, while the railway line will be at the cost of $3,020,279,549. 

The industrial park, which is under PPP, will cost $241,154,389.31 at no cost to federal government.

“The Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge railway will have new branch lines: from Port Harcourt to Bonny and from Port Harcourt to Owerri are new lines.

“There is another connecting the narrow gauge to standard gauge at Kafanchan. There is a branch line from Gombe or before Maiduguri to Damaturu and Gashua. That’s what has been approved,” said the minister transportation.

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