Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of NSC, Pius Akutah, disclosed this after a closed-door meeting Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, at the weekend.
Akutah told journalists that the large volume of sesame seed produced in the state necessitated the establishment of the port, adding that the governor had already issued directives on how the project could be actualised for the benefit of shippers in the state.
The governor, he noted, has also directed the state’s Attorney-General to meet with the management of Nasarawa Investment Agency to actualise the aspiration.
Akutah disclosed that the state was planning to visit the council as part of efforts to fast-track the development of the project.
The NSC boss expressed the belief that the dry ports in many parts of the country would boost employment opportunities for Nigerians and increase revenue generation, substantially for the government.
Sule said, as an advocate of AfCFTA, the government would ensure awareness creation in respect of the importance of the trade agreement for exporters in the state.
According to him, the council, as the ports economic regulator, facilitates the development of dry port projects in the six geo-political zones of the country, with the idea of bringing shipping facilities nearer to the hinterlands, as well as decongest the seaports.
