President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the commitment of the Federal Government towards supporting the development of the historic City of Calabar. Buhari spoke at an audience granted His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi, Otu V, Obong of Calabar, at the State House on Thursday in Abuja. He assured that dredging of the Calabar harbour will be undertaken as soon as some legal issues are settled by the Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Ports Authority with the contractor. President Buhari pledged full support to the Calabar Deep Sea Port project of the State, adding that a number of electricity projects would soon follow after a visit to the State by the Ministers of Power in the upcoming two weeks. The royal father congratulated President Buhari on his “overwhelming victory” in the February election and at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and urged his administration to restore Calabar to what it lost to Lagos and Abuja.

Source: Nigerian Tribune October 17, 2019 17:26 UTC