Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has revealed plans to develop the Gelegele seaport into a modern container terminal.

Obaseki disclosed this during the inauguration of a technical committee to oversee the development of the seaport in the state.

He said that the state government was in talks with the Federal Ministry of Transport on the possibilities of making the seaport a container terminal.

According to him, making it a container terminal would boost revenue generation; create more jobs; and in the end, boost economic activities in the state.

He added that the location would also house an agro-industrial park that would increase exportation of agricultural produces from the state.

Obaseki however noted that the inauguration of the committee was one of the major steps taken by his administration to fire up the state’s economy as well as the country’s economic frontier at large.

He said, “The importance of developing the Gelegele sea port cannot be overemphasized. Apart from the historical importance, Gelegele seaport still has a significant role to play in the future of the economic development of Edo. It will lead to promotion of trade and commerce and employment and lead to significant infrastructure development within the host community and environs”..

Meanwhile, the governor urged the committee to come up with a blueprint on how to actualise the vision to create a viable seaport.
In addition, he outlined the terms of reference of the technical committee to include “advising the government on the feasibility of developing the seaport as an import and export zone, and, to liaise on behalf of the state with relevant federal government agencies and other maritime related agencies, private sector participants and other stakeholders respectively”.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Committee, Engineer Greg Ero thanked the governor for the confidence he showed in the committee to drive the process of developing the seaport. He assured the governor that the Committee would not fail in the discharge of its duties.

“We are happy that you put this project of developing Gelegele in the front burner of your economic policy of your administration. Gelegele has been wasting away for centuries now; we thank you for your foresight to join hands with the Oba of Benin to develop it”, he said.

http://www.edostate.gov.ng/edo-to-make-gelegele-seaport-a-container-terminal/

And i did it again, hahahahaa

well, in other news, akwa ibom state will do better than this next year. Just that our governor is still wearing pampers.

This obaseki might have sense o

edidiongmichael:
And then?

sorry this news is only for concerned Edo citizens who believe in the economic prospects of the gelegele deep sea port.

I guess Edo is landlocked abi

DDeliverer:
This obaseki might have sense o

naxo we see am oh... and really if this project is actualised it will boost the development of the state in no time

hmmmm...more lies

Wow, this is a good step in the right direction

No be to siddon dey talk anyhow oh. We wan see results abeg. Talk is cheap

Wailers go soon land

The South-South re really reaping bountiful from this administration.


Good one from the Buhari led administration.

where is 200000 job

edidiongmichael:
And then?

you see them like this, when they see something good their hate filled, bigoted mind cannot process, but when it is a tout cutting pomo, you see them screaming "Ride on my role model"..

it's a pity how the youths of today are totally bereft of that thing called sense... #spits and walks out.

sleeknick:
No be to siddon dey talk anyhow oh. We wan see results abeg. Talk is cheap

see mumu...leave this 4 us to handle..nor b ur state oga

Ajehswag:
sorry this news is only for concerned Edo citizens who believe in the economic prospects of the gelegele deep sea port.

I guess Edo is landlocked abi

And then?

Gelegele is a RIVER port as Edo state is not bordered by the Atlantic OCEAN.

i Hope i can benefit from this with my ND maritime certificate..


Oya make Obaseki fast do this seaport

lawal28c:

see mumu...leave this 4 us to handle..nor b ur state oga

Ur stupidity knows no bounds. Pls why do u think it's not my state?... U will just wake up and the next thing in ur agenda is to just be carrying stupidity around. Did u see ur father's name in my comment?

Lordave:
Which sea?

Abi River port.

make use of your google map

mke una start work... we re tired of dis news

Ajehswag:
sorry this news is only for concerned Edo citizens who believe in the economic prospects of the gelegele deep sea port.

I guess Edo is landlocked abi

yes its a landlock state but it has access to the sea. only that this areas with access to the sea will either take you through Ondo or delta State.
This area mentioned is an ijaw community.

abiolert:

yes its a landlock state but it has access to the sea. only that this areas with access to the sea will either take you through Ondo or delta State.
This area mentioned is an ijaw community.

so why do they call it a deep sea port

The Chinese have bought the world. They are virtually everywhere in the world. Infact, african government in recent times have been signing series of developmental agreement with chinese consortium to build railway lines,develop agriculture, sea ports etc.

I wish countries like Brazil and India can grow up faster to compete with the Chinese for a competitive share of the african market.

Nice

edidiongmichael:
And i did it again, hahahahaa

well, in other news, akwa ibom state will do better than this next year. Just that our governor is still wearing pampers.

How is the performance of the governor

Nice move