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  • Ibaka Seaport In Akwa Ibom To Start Operations In 2015
  • AKWA IBOM,NPA SET 2015 TARGET FOR
    IBAKA
    Akwa Ibom, NPA set 2015 target for Ibaka
    Deep sea port
    …Akpabio grants NPA C of O for port area
    Barring any last minute changes, the proposed
    Ibaka Deep sea port would start receiving
    ocean lines not later than 2015, Executive
    Governor of Akwa Ibom State Chief Godswill
    Akpabio and the Managing Director of
    Nigerian Ports Authority, Engr. Omar
    Suleiman have hinted.
    Governor Akpabio and Engr. Suleiman who
    expressed the resolve on Monday in Abuja at a
    brief event to mark the official hand over of
    the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of the
    over 5580 Sq meters of land area for the citing
    of the new port, said all infrastructures needed
    to fast -track the early completion of the port
    will be provided. This is even as the Governor
    pledged to within one month award contract
    for the dualisation of the port main access
    road to link the East –West road with a view to
    making it more intermodal
    The state Government equally handed over
    the master plan of the port to the Managing
    Director of NPA at the event.
    He said the state was spurred to fast-track
    work on the surveying and parceling out of the
    land where the port will be cited after the last
    visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the
    state where he pledged support for citing of
    project in an area that has comparative
    advantage rather than based on ethnic
    sentiments.
    Governor Akpabio noted that the
    infrastructures for a deep sea port is huge,
    saying the state is prepared to offer assistance
    to NPA at whatever point it will be needed. He
    added that his government is fully ready to
    partner with the Organisation to ensure that
    the necessary infrastructure for effective take-
    off of the port is provided. "Whatever support
    that may be required to ensure that a big
    ocean going Liner comes to the port by 2015
    will be provided by the state government.
    He allayed fears of security of investment in
    the port in view of the menace of the maritime
    pirates in the Nigerian territorial waters,
    saying that the federal government has
    granted the state it's request to establish full
    military presence in that location. "Now we
    have NN Jubilee in the area, so with the
    presence of the Army, Navy, complementing
    the Marine Police, there will be adequate
    security of investments as the area will be a no
    go area for maritime robbers and other
    criminals." The Governor envisages that when
    the multi-billion naira port project is
    completed, it will be the hub of oil and gas
    operation in the Gulf of Guinea.
    The Ibaka port is said to be between 17 and 18
    meters draught without dredging and its quay
    area will span over two miles (length). It is
    hoped that on completion, mega vessels of
    over 10,000 TEUs will be calling at the port and
    that will make it the largest in the region.
    Earlier, the Managing Director of NPA
    expressing delight in the gesture of the
    Governor noted that the move to establish the
    deep sea port is a major step in the nation's
    quest of becoming the hub of maritime
    operation in the West and Central African sub-
    region.
    He noted that what is needed to realize the
    project is infrastructure, assuring that Ports
    Authority will partner with Akwa Ibom State
    to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is
    provided. He disclosed that the port project is
    intermodal that sees the construction of port
    access roads and mono- rail to ensure easy
    evacuation of goods out of the port.
    He said the journey towards the construction
    of the Ibaka deep sea port dates back to the
    70s but had not been taken with seriousness it
    deserves. "But with the new vision and the
    transformation agenda of President Goodluck
    Jonathan the development of the port has
    become a must if the country is to achieve its
    dream of becoming the hub port of the sub-
    region.
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