The 90-hectare Ibadan Inland Dry port (IDP), being undertaken by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), has been estimated to gulp about $99.6 million (35.8 billion). The Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this during the handing over of the document for the 90 hectares of land approved for the project by the Oyo State Government. Amaechi said the containers for the dry port located at Olorisa-Oko village in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, would be transported by rail, adding that this will ease the burden of traffic. He said: “There are two things that I see the Oyo State Government is not preparing for; you should call the attention of your successor to those two things, and I will name them for you. He said the dry port would be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including modern truck parking spaces.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 04:32 UTC