₦airaland Forum

Perfectbeing:
Not just that.
The railway Buhari is building to Niger is to be connected to this Lekki seaport through the Lagos-Ibadan, Ibadan-Kano and Kano-Maradi rail.

Niger is a landlocked country and they import and export things through other coastal countries and not through Nigeria. So with this, Buhari is linking the railway all the way to Kano and then to Niger (read about the Lagos-Kano-Jibiya or LAKAJI corridor). That way, Niger would import and export through Lekki seaport making it more viable and boost FG revenues through export and import duties and taxes.

And he's also doing similar thing in the East by linking Bonny port in PH to maiduguri for the same reason.

So linking the port to "Epe or Ijebu Ode…routing and hauling containers through the streets of Ajah, Ikoyi, Obalende, Victoria Island, Lagos Island" is just a small part of the game.

Many miss the point here:

1. There are plans for The fourth mainland bridge, another coastal highway which will link Victoria Island to the Lekki Deep Sea port and beyond up to Ondo state — This is unofficial but expected to further ease the use of the Lekki-Epe expressway. Let’s not forget that cargoes will still be moved by sea from the port enroute the ocean to ports like Port-harcourt and Apapa. It is visionary.

2. For the announcement, it is probably a strategic move in Investing. Now that the port is launched, investors who want to collaborate with the state government in PPP would see it as an opportunity, Lagos isn’t going to commit all the funds estimated for the project here. Investors mostly will.

Facts straight.