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Effort by the Federal Government to decongest Lagos ports is beginning to yield the much desired fruits as the government will in the next three months open the Jos Funtua Dry Ports for operation.
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said the two dry ports would be ready between December this year and January 2020.
According to him, “we have up till December to bring on board Funtua and Jos ports. Two weeks ago, we had meetings with Funtua and Jos we gave them timeline for us to work so we see things are done”.
Bello also said that a lot of progress was being made by Kaduna Dry Port, but added that the issue remained the slow movement of containers from the seaports to the ports through rail.
