Oyo State - Ibadan Dry Port to be completed soon – Commissioner

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The Oyo State Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Cooperatives, Mr. Bayo Olagbenro has said that the Ibadan Inland Container Depot currently under construction will soon be completed by the federal government.

Olagbenro, in a statement issued in Ibadan at the week-end, also said that the project located at Erunmu in the state capital had been upgraded from Inland Container Depot to the level of a dry port to ensure better performance when it eventually takes off.

He said that work had resumed again at the port, with the putting in place of such facilities as roads, administrative blocks and the construction of stacking area for the goods coming in and going out of the port.

While expressing the federal government's commitment to the quick completion of the port, the commissioner said that he met recently with officials of the Federal Ministry of Transport, adding that they gave their words that efforts were on to put all the necessary facilities in place.

Part of these, he said, was the extension of the rail line from Erunmu Railway Station to the port to ensure easy movement of goods to and from the port.

Olagbenro also said that a broad-based committee comprising all stakeholders had been put together by the Federal Ministry of Transport to fast-track the take off of the project.

According to him, the port, when it eventually becomes operational, will boost the economy of the state as it will create a lot of direct and indirect jobs and increase the revenue base of the state.

The commissioner also said that aside easing off the importation and exportation of goods, several companies will come up too to service the port, adding that the project would also be useful to neighbouring states.  

Via: Oyo State Government - Official Press Release