The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has said the reason for asking the president to come inspect the $1.5billion Lekki deep seaport project was to put pressure on the developers to complete it quickly.
Amaechi stated this yesterday, when President Muhammadu Buhari visited the seaport for quick inspection as he left immediately for the commission of the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal in Lagos.
He said the president’s inspection is to also publicise the project for people to know that this government is building the first deep seaport in Nigeria, noting that other ports in Nigeria are all river ports.
He said the effect of the constant inspection of the port has hastened its completion. Amaechi said the port is almost ready, adding that but for the installation of the equipment, the seaport would have been ready before June.
“they said the equipment is arriving by June and installation will take them till September and then it can be commissioned in September. “You see the miracle of bringing the president here, that is why it is important for a president to inspect projects; that it hastens the process of completion, if there is money,” he said.
