FG Receives 130 hectares from Ogun Govt for Ijebu-Ode Inland Dry Port Project

By Nnasom David

IJEBU-ODE — The Federal Government has officially taken possession of 130 hectares of land from the Ogun State Government for the operation of the Ijebu-Ode Inland Dry Port, a large milestone toward advancing Nigeria’s Blue Economy and decongesting seaports successful the occidental corridor.

The onshore transfer, formalized during a signing ceremonial successful Ijebu-Ode, marks a important measurement successful the Federal Government’s efforts to grow commercialized infrastructure, amended logistics efficiency, and fortify intermodal proscription networks crossed the country.

Speaking astatine the event, Olufemi Oloruntola, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy (FMM&BE), who signed the Transfer of Rights, Control, and Possession connected behalf of the Federal Government, reaffirmed the Ministry’s committedness to the timely transportation of the project.

“This task is simply a strategical concern that volition not lone boost commercialized and logistics ratio but besides enactment occupation instauration and economical maturation wrong Ogun State and beyond,” Oloruntola said.

Representing Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Commissioner for Transportation, Engr. Gbenga Dairo, said the State’s allocation of 130 hectares underscores its dedication to nationalist improvement and infrastructure partnership.

“The larboard volition importantly amended intermodal connectivity betwixt road, rail, and h2o transport systems portion easing unit connected Nigeria’s existing occidental seaports. When completed, it volition fortify the Ijebu-Ode economical clump and heighten commercialized competitiveness successful the region,” Dairo noted.

The projected Ijebu-Ode Inland Dry Port is envisioned arsenic a cardinal logistics hub, offering businesslike cargo handling and customs clearance services for importers and exporters wrong southwestern Nigeria.

The lawsuit was attended by elder officials from the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, including Dr. Mercy Ilori, Director of Maritime Services; Pius Akutah, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council; and representatives of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA).

According to the Ministry, the Ijebu-Ode Inland Dry Port forms portion of the Federal Government’s broader strategy to beforehand determination trade, grow maritime infrastructure, and presumption Nigeria arsenic a starring subordinate successful the planetary Blue Economy.

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