Buhari Already Paid For Ibom Deep Sea Port, NDC Tells APC/Tinubu

The Nigeria Democratic Congress(NDC), has mentioned the All Progressives Congress(APC) led
administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu store ought to cease its deceit over the Ibom Deep Sea Port in Akwa Ibom state, stressing that Late President Muhammadu Buhari had paid for the primary part of the venture.

NDC National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director in an announcement mentioned President Tinubu, whereas campaigning in Uyo, had promised and granted approval for the development of the Ibom Deep Sea Port.

Director mentioned underneath former President Buhari administration the Federal Executive Council gave approval for the implementation of the primary part of the $4.6 billion Ibom Deep Sea Port (IDSP) throughout its assembly on December 16, 2020.

“That approval named Bollore/Power China as the popular bidder and was meant to permit development to start.

“In a brazen show of ignorance of statecraft and the elevation of grand deceit as a marketing campaign technique, President Tinubu, as APC presidential candidate, first promised the port throughout his 2023 marketing campaign.

“At the APC campaign rally at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on 30 January 2023, he told supporters: “We will do mechanised farming. We will export food from Akwa Ibom. We will build your seaport.”

“Unfortunately, as is attribute of the APC, they by no means fulfilled the promise. Over three years down the road, President Tinubu on Friday, 6 November 2026, needed to promise once more to assemble the long-awaited Ibom Deep Sea Port venture in Akwa Ibom State.

“Obviously, that is one other spherical of low-cost guarantees that won’t be saved or honoured. Just as earlier than, so it is going to be now — empty guarantees. All discuss and no motion.

“As Nigerians are nonetheless ready for the APC and President Tinubu to provide us uninterrupted electrical energy provide, so Akwa Ibomites are ready endlessly for the promised deep sea port that has change into a marketing campaign software of deceit.

“Nigerians must shine their eyes and dump the APC into the abyss of socio-political irrelevance and make a new Nigeria possible,” said.