President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday begin a two-day official visit to Lagos State, the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan said on Wednesday.
According to Bamigbetan, the President will, during the course of his visit, carry out some groundbreaking ceremonies and inspect some ongoing projects in the State.
He said the President, on arrival, will attend the Colloquium organised to mark the 66th Birthday of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu scheduled to hold at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday.
He added that the President would perform the official flag-off ceremony for the construction of the Lekki Deep Sea Port project, Ibeju Lekki.
Bamigbetan said on completion, the multi-purpose Lekki Deep Sea Port, located at the heart of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, would be one of the most modern ports in West Africa, offering enormous support to the growing commercial operation across Nigeria and the entire West African region.
He said the President would also inspect the ongoing construction works at the Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island.
He further stated that the Eko Atlantic City Project, a planned city being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean, is projected to accommodate at least 250,000 residents and a daily flow of 150,000 commuters, adding that the development will also have a positive environmental impact, as it will help in stopping the erosion of the State’s coastline.
The Commissioner said the President would also commission the Ikeja Bus Terminal, expected to commute over a 100,000 residents across 23 bus routes in the State.
A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo says it is “disappointing” that President Muhammadu Buhari failed to sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
The former president says he hopes that Nigeria signs “before it is too late”.
Forty-four African countries had last week signed the historic free-trade zone agreement.
It is the largest in the world since the creation of the World Trade Organisation in 1995. The African countries seek to form a $2.5 trillion continental free-trade zone.
Explaining its decision not to sign, the federal government had said a committee was reviewing the treaty and that it needs more input from stakeholders.
Reacting on Tuesday during a presidential panel at the Africa CEO Forum in Cote d’Ivoire, Obasanjo said: “That President Buhari didn’t sign the free trade agreement in Kigali is disappointing; I hope he signs it before it is too late.
“Egypt started the discussion on the formation of the Organisation of African Unity but didn’t conclude it and Nigeria took over.
“Nigeria was also central to the discussion of the free trade agreement, but I am surprised that the country withdrew from signing.”
Prior to the signing of the agreement, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) had advised the federal government to exercise caution.
MAN urged the government to renegotiate trade conditions that will impede economic growth in its review of the AfCFTA agreement.
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