Lekki Port hits 50% of breakwaters construction

By Eyo Nsima

The Lekki Deep Sea Port has reached 50 percent construction with the completion of the 1,909 meters long core of the main breakwater.

According to its management, the milestone of the completion of the core of the main breakwater would enhance the construction of other parts of port scheduled for completion in 2022.

This was disclosed by the Managing Director, Lekki Port, promoters of the  Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) Enterprise Limited, Mr. Du Ruogang, while briefing the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani and other key stakeholders in the project including the Managing Director, of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, the Director-General, of the Nigerian Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency,  NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, and the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council, Hassan Bello, during the first quarterly monitoring visit by the Federal Ministry of Transportation to the project site earlier in the week.

Also speaking, Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman said that the agency will play its part to ensure that the timeline set for the delivery is achieved.

Specifically, she said: “To meet the timeline for the Port, we would deploy the control tower as well as the BTS and GDMS which are critical infrastructure needed for the take-off of the port operations. In addition, we have to begin the construction of the administrative block.”