BREAKING: Tinubu Approves Inland Dry Ports For Moniya, Ijebu-Ode To Create Jobs – Oyetola

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment and development of Inland Dry Ports (IDP) in Ijebu-Ode and Moniya in Ogun State and Oyo State respectively, as part of his efforts to reduce congestion within seaports in Lagos, eliminate chronic delays and boost the nation’s economy.

The Inland Dry Ports, when completed, will generate jobs for the teaming youths of Ogun and Oyo States and other States in the Western part of the Country.

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, during the 2025 Budget Defence to the Joint Committee of the Senate on Marine Transport and House of Representatives Committees on Ports and Harbour, Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, Inland Waterways and Shipping Services.

These IDPs, Oyetola said, are targeted for fast tracked delivery to decongest the Western Port System. Design consultancies for the project, the Minister said, are on-going.

The notable deficiencies in the maritime sector such as general infrastructure decay, silted river courses, inadequate fish production, and inadequate river crafts, Oyetola said, require major attention.

The Ministry, he said, is therefore initiating several projects and programmes aimed at addressing these challenges

Speaking further, Oyeyola added that the Federal Government is determined to consolidate and sustain the achievements and performances it recorded last year, by focusing on ports infrastructural development, increased fish production, maritime safety and security, information technology deployment to improve operation and revenue generation, human capacity building and the effective technical and economic regulation to ensure the strengthening of blue economy across the country.