Blame state governments for under-performing inland dry ports — Bello

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The immediate past Executive Secretary of the Nigeran Shippers Council (NSC), Barrister Hassan Bello has said that some State Governments should be blamed for the under-performing level of many of the Inland Container Depots (ICD) otherwise referred to as dry ports scattered across the country.

Recall that the Federal Government in 2017 approved six ICDs (one in each of the country’s geo-political zones), namely Erunmu, Ibadan for the Southwest; Isi -Ala Ngwa, Abia, in the Southeast; Funtua, Katshina; Zawachiki, Kano for the Northwest; Heipang, Jos, for Northcentral and Jauri, Maiduguri for the Northeast.

Five years after that approval, many of the ICD’s remain un-used and…



Source: Nigerian Tribune