Eighteen years after the Federal Government approved the development of seven Inland Dry Ports (IDPs) across the country, only two are operational.
According to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), the two functional IDPs are the Dala Inland Dry Port in Zawachiki, Kano State, with a capacity of 20,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and the Kaduna Inland Dry Port with a capacity of 5,000 TEUs.
The five IDPs yet to be functional are in Heipang, Jos, with a capacity of 20,000 TEUs and 48.40 per cent completion; Erunmu, Ibadan, with a capacity of 50,000 TEUs and 10 per cent completion and Isiala Ngwa, Abia State, with a capacity of 50,000 TEUs and five per cent completion.
Others are Jauri, Borno State, with a capacity of 10,000 TEUs and five per cent completion and Funtua, Zanfarawa, Katsina State, with a capacity of 10,000 TEUs, which the NSC said would be commissioned in the second quarter of 2024.
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Source: Guardian Newspaper
