Kogi State has begun talks with Chinese construction giant, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, for the construction of an inland transit port in Lokoja, the state capital.
The port will serve as a link between Burutu in Delta State and Port Harcourt, Rivers State via Onitsha, Anambra State.
Onogwu Mohammed, media aide to Governor Yahaya Bello, stated on Thursday that a delegation of the Kogi State Government already held discussions with the CCECC in Abuja preparatory to the execution of the project.
Mohammed said: “Government believes that the port will rapidly develop the movement of agricultural produce and solid minerals cargo to and from the northern and southern parts of Nigeria.
“It will also scale up relationships between the state and the construction company for huge investments and development of the transport sector in Kogi.”
Mohammed stressed that Governor Bello’s administration was doing all it could to attract huge investments into Kogi State to stimulate rapid growth and development.
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