Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this yesterday in Port Harcourt during the unveiling of the Port Harcourt Dockyard Liquid Waste Treatment Plant. The Guardian gathered that $8 million was invested in setting up the facility, which would help clean up the maritime industry by collecting oil wastes and transforming them into meaningful by-products. Osinbajo said the project is in line with the Build, Operate and Transfer Agreement between African Circle and the Federal Government and would last for 20 years, adding that Africa Circle has, by the completion of the facility, executed a good part of the agreement. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Sabiu Zakari, said the federal government would give the company all the necessary support in the spirit of ease of doing business policy. A former Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, said that the facility would collect oil waste and transform them into meaningful by-product, while a former head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) said the company is a necessary addition to the maritime sector.

Source: The Guardian June 22, 2019 03:11 UTC