Work on new deep sea port going well

LAGOS: Nigeria’s first deep-sea port will create up to 170 000 jobs and bring revenue of $201 billion through taxes, royalties and duties, Lai Mohammed, the minister of Information and Culture, has said.

The port was critical to the nation’s economic development, he said in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub.

The Lekki Deep Sea Port, built by the China Harbour Engineering Company, is 60km east of Lagos.

The minister, who described the port as a game changer for the nation’s economy, expressed satisfaction with the level and quality of work and said Phase 1 of the project was 89% done and would be complet in September this year.