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Repair works to start on Apapa road next week – Dangote

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-Apapa gridlock to become a thing of the past as repair work is set to commence next week.

-The repair will ease the stress of transacting business in one of the country’s busiest port.

Dangote to commence repair of Apapa-Oworonshoki express way.

The much anticipated reconstruction of the Apapa-Oworonshoki expressway will commence next week, according to Aliko Dangote, whose company has been given a tax waiver by the federal government to enable it carry out the repairs.

Addressing reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, Dangote disclosed the government will be saved a daily loss of N10 billion caused by the current state of the road when the repair is completed.

“Apapa-Oworoshoki way is going to start next week. Everything, including the design, has been handed over. We will start work next week,” he said.

“You have to understand that Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports handle about 80 percent of the cargoes that come into Nigeria.

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“As we speak, some of our ships are waiting to come in from Lome and discharge. It is not because we don’t have anywhere to berth the ship but because all our operations are choked up because we have containers, general cargoes that have actually been there and we are not able to remove [them].

“But I am more worried about the smaller operators because for those that have imported, the charges are accumulating everyday. Transport charge has almost doubled.”

Dangote made this known while speaking at the end of a government-private sector meeting on how to resolve the Apapa traffic gridlock which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.