At MRS Holdings Company Limited in Lagos State, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday officially opened the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Imota Rice Mill, and Bestaf Lubricant. The initiatives are a part of a number of infrastructures that Buhari would dedicate during his two-day visit in the state.
The Federal Government, acting through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Lagos State Government, the Tolarams Group (owner of the Lagos Free Zone), and China Harbour Engineering Company are partners in the Lekki Deep Sea Port, which represents an investment of more than $1.5 billion.
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Ciu Jianchun, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, other senior government officials, and traditional rulers were all invited by Buhari to witness the overloading from the container ship, which was flying the flag of Malta, according to a statement by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina.
The Lagos Governor spoke at the event and said: ”Mr President, we are happy this is happening in your time. It all started in your time and it’s been completed in your time.
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”We are excited that the size of the vessels that will berth at the port would be four times the size of vessels that currently berth at Apapa and Tin Can Island Port.
”We are excited that in your own time, something fresh has been birthed in this country and it is going to generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs.”
The size of the vessels that will berth at the port would be four times that of vessels that berth at Apapa and Tin Can Island Port, according to the Lagos governor, who spoke to the President on the occasion.
“We are excited that in your own time, something fresh has been birthed in this country and it is going to generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs,” he said.
The Imota Rice Mill was “conceptualised and finished by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu,” according to the President who inaugurated it.
It is said that the Bestaf Lubricant is the first of its type in West Africa. It is a 200 million litre lubricant facility that encompasses the whole lubricant value chain.
The President will dedicate the John Randle Center for Yoruba Culture and History at Onikan Roundabout on Tuesday, as well as the “historic first Phase of the Blue Line of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit in Marina.”
