Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
The Federal Government on Thursday regretted that only 4,000km of Nigeria’s 10,000km waterways is navigable.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the Nigeria – Ukraine Trade and Investment Roundtable held in Abuja.
Mustapha sought partnership with Ukraine to enable the Federal Government to further develop its waterways.
Such step, he said, would reduce the pressure on the nation’s roads.
“Nigeria has 10,000km waterways and 4,000km is navigable. I believe that if the waterway is fully developed, it can take away pressure from our roads as a bulk of our cargoes can go on our waterways,” Mustapha said.
He also called for increased trade volume between Nigeria and Ukraine which he said stood at $93.3m as of November 2017.
He expressed the hope that with the visit of the Ukrainian delegation, the…
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