President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday, January 19, inaugurate the
new Baro River Port in Niger, which has just been completed by the
Federal Government at a cost of N6 billion.
Tayo Fadile, General
Manager in charge of Corporate Affairs, National Inland Waterways
Authority, NIWA, made this known in Lokoja on Thursday. Mr Fadile said
that the port was built by CGCC Global Project Nigeria Ltd.
According to him, the new port is fitted with a Mobile Harbour Crane, Transit shed and an Administrative block.
“It
is also equipped with facilities such as water hydrant system, water
treatment plant, reach stacker, 100KVA power generating set and three
forklifts of various tonnages, among others.
“Baro Port is one of
the river ports being built by the Federal Government to support the
dredging of the Lower River Niger project.
“The Baro river port is expected to create at least 2,000 direct jobs and hundreds of thousands indirect jobs.
“It
will help keep off the road several heavy duty trailers and trucks,
thereby extending the life span of our roads,’’ Mr Fadile said in a
statement.
He said that NIWA had started upgrading the road network linking the port.
NAN
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