Govt to build six ports in N’Delta – The Guardian
November 5, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Six additional ports are to be built by the Federal Government along the lower River Niger in the Niger Delta region.
They are to be built at the completion of the dredging of the River Niger, according to the 42nd session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which yesterday approved contracts for the construction of the Inland Port and ancillary facilities at Baro, Niger State, at a total cost of N3.56 billion.
In the meantime, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has demanded the implementation of true federalism in the country with every state taking total control of its resources and paying 75 per cent tax to the Federal Government.
To this end, the forum said the proposed 10 per cent stake in the petroleum industry for the oil producing states would become unnecessary once this fundamental issue was addressed through constitutional amendment.
