At inception, Nigeria’s first deep seaport relied on barges to evacuate cargoes due to the poor state of roads around it. With improvements recorded on these roads, more cargoes have started leaving Lekki Port via road haulage, writes TOLA ADENUBI.

Nigeria’s first deep seaport, the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep seaport is connected by three major connecting roads, Ijebu-Ode-Epe-Lekki-Eleko Coastal roads, Lekki-Ajah-Eleko Coastal roads and Ikorodu-Itokin-Epe roads.

The state of these roads as of first quarter of 2023 meant that the new port had to depend on evacuation of cargoes via barges in April when it commenced full commercial operations.

With most of the roads having undergone rehabilitation by the Lagos State government and the Ogun State government, checks by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that about 60 percent of cargoes cleared from Lekki deep seaport now leave by road haulage compared to 40 percent that still leaves via the waterways on barges.

Further checks also revealed that the complete upgrading of the Itokin to Ijebu-Ode expressway is completed, while the expansion of the Oke-Oso/Itokin road to Araga-Poka road is also completed. The Ijebu-Ode to Epe road has also been completed with two toll gates mounted on the road.

With the completion of these roads, Lekki Port now enjoys easy access to the hinterland surrounding its location.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, a source in Lekki Port explained that the completion of many of these roads have changed the concept of cargo evacuation at Nigeria’s first deep seaport.

“When we first started, it was difficult to move cargoes by road due to the terrible state of the roads that approached the port. Then the roads leading to the port were in terrible state. We had to rely heavily on barges to evacuate cargoes on water from the port, which was kind of expensive.






https://tribuneonlineng.com/why-more-cargoes-are-exiting-lekki-port-via-road-haulage-investigations/

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The Ibeju Lekki Industrial Hub is gradually transforming the West African Landscape
It will become the Largest Industrial base in the whole of West Africa and this is happening one day at a time.I really want to appreciate the Lagos State Governor for the ongoing road project from Eleko to Abraham Adesanya,also Dangote Group of Companies is constructing the Refinery to Eleko Road,all this project will allow the easy and fast evacuation of products from Ibeju Lekki Industrial Hub

The Asiwaju government has signed off the construction of the Lagos to Calabar project which will be an alternative route while the Lagos State government has started the setting out of the Purple Rail line which will commence from Marina to Dangote Refinery
In all,the government at both the state and federal level are gradually put in Infrastructure that will not allow the mess that is happening in Apapa to play out in Lekki Sea port
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