The proposed Ibom deep seaport is expected to gulp $2bn for the first terminal to be completed and put to use, Governor Umo Eno has said, explaining that the Akwa Ibom State government cannot fund the project alone.
Eno who spoke in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital said the state government has succeeded in bringing the investor who had pulled out before back to the project adding that the relaunch of the project would take place within two weeks.
“We have relaunched our work on the Ibom deep seaport, we just came back from Paris, where we met with investors that had pulled out before and they are now showing interest.
“We will make a full presentation to the host community, my appeal tonight is to not destroy what God has given to us.
The governor who expressed concern over the agitation by the host community on the location
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