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THE Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), in collaboration with the Edo State Government, have agreed to develop the 20 hectare Benin Port project as a public-private partnership, reports the Nigerian Observer of Lagos.
"The purpose of the Project is to enhance the national water transportation capacity and develop a multi-purpose port with capability to handle container and general cargo," said the port authority.
The project involves dredging of a channel in the Benin River to connect the port to the sea.
The proposed port is a redevelopment of the Gelegele Port, downstream the connecting Osse River near the confluence and closer to the sea, 50 kilometres from Benin City, the centre of Nigeria's rubber industry and oil production.
Listed as part of the Edo State Government and NPA's responsibilities include the delivery of an encumbrance-free project site; dredging and maintenance of river channel; construction of access road and facilitation of all necessary approvals.
Benin City is 300 kilometres east of Lagos, and is Nigeria's fourth city after Lagos, Kano and Ibadan.
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