FG gives hope of rail connection to $1.5bn Lekki Port, commends NPA

Emmanuel Jime, executive secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council; Bashir Jamoh, director general of NIMASA; Muazu Jaji Sambo, Minister of Transportation; Rougang Du, chief executive officer of Lekki Port Lagos Free Trade Zone; Magdalene Ajani, permanent secretary of FMOT, and Mohammed Bello-Koko, managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority, during the first official visit of the Minister to Lekki Port in Lagos last weekend.

Determined to ensure effective evacuation of cargo in and out of the port, the Federal Government has given potential users of Lekki Port fresh hope of linking the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport by rail. Mu'azu Sambo, the minister of transportation, raised fresh hope by directing the Nigerian Ra

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