NIGERIA HOUSE OF REPS CALLS FOR URGENT NEED TO CONSTRUCT RAIL LINE

The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce has called for the urgent need to construct a rail line through the Lekki Free Trade Zone to avoid the traffic gridlock associated with the Apapa Port.

The deputy chairman of the committee, Hon. Richard Gbande, during an inspection of the Lagos Free Zone, Lekki Free Zone, and the Dangote Free Trade Zone Enterprises, described the Lekki FTZ as the country’s new economic powerhouse harboring 25 billion US dollar investment.

In a statement by the Head, Corporate Communications, NEPZA, Martins Odeh, Gbande said the concept of free trade zone has revolutionized the development of the Lekki axis of Lagos once considered an undeveloped peninsular.

He noted that the government’s relentless efforts in trying to diversify the economy have resulted in the development of the Lekki Quadrant which would undoubtedly become the country’s new economic powerhouse.