Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed,has said that, the Lekki deep seaport would create 170, 000 jobs to boost the nation’s economy.
The Minister, made the assertion in Lagos during a routine tour of the port, said that, the port project was critical to the nation’s economic development .
“We have just concluded a tour of the Lekki Deep Sea Port here at the Lagos Free Zone, located some 65 kilometres east of Lagos.”
The Minister described the port as a game changer for the nation’s economy, said that, the visit was the second the Federal Government has made to the area within a month because of the premium the administration attached to repositioning the economy for job creation.
He also said that the delegation was at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Petrochemicals and the Dangote Fertiliser in April.
“We are here again, we have seen for yourselves, the Lekki Deep Sea Port, a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer concern, is a massive project, a game changer and a pace setter.
“It is the deepest sea port in Nigeria and West Africa, and that in itself is a unique advantage.
It covers a land area of 90 hectares and it has a concession period of 45 years.