Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja mentioned that the Federal Government’s commitment to the revitalisation of the moribund seaport in the Eastern region of Nigeria.
“We simply need to develop more ports but for us it has to be private sector-led. A lot of these initiatives have been private sector led.
“I have been talking to several of the business communities in those areas.
“Many people are talking about Eastern Ports and I think they are important.
“We have also seen a lot of indication in the private sector that they are prepared to invest in some of these ports.
“So, the business of government is just to enable these things to happen and we are prepared to do that.’’
“Well, I am always excited to see how extremely innovative and just how energetic our manufacturing community is; it is just a wide range of products that we have seen here today.
“And one of the things that strike you is that there is so much going on that you don’t know about.
“This is my second visit, I was here last year, to this exhibition, and there is tremendous improvement already.
“We have just seen someone who has a drying technology out there which could really help with a lot of post-harvest loses and all that and there are people who are doing all manner of creative things.’’
`I think they are a lot more proactive and I think that they are also working a lot more on the time it takes to get these approvals.
“That is really one of the most important things about the executive orders,’’ he said.
“Everyone has come to discover that this country is just so blessed with so much in terms of resources and I think that what we have seen especially with a lot of young entrepreneurs today is that these things are already being exploited.’’
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