The Anambra State Shippers’ Association, has appealed to the Federal government to gazette and make the Onitsha river port functional.
The President of the association, Mr. Emma Akpaka, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu, said if the port is put to use, it would boost the economy of the country.
Akpaka stressed that the port if put to maximum use, could sustain the country’s economy, especially with its proximity to the Onitsha Main Market.
Onitsha River Port was inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012, after its reconstruction.
Akpaka said “to abandon it for over six years after its completion and inauguration is the invitation to self-inflicted hardship.”
According to him, the people’s expectations for takeoff of economic activities in the port have been `deferred’ for too long.
- NAN