By Miriam Humbe
The Chairman House Adhoc Committee on Baro Inland Port, Rt. Hon. Saidu Musa Abdullahi, Gwarzon Nupe, has solicited the support of the Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum to to ensure the operationalization of the Baro Inland Port, in Niger State.
Speaking during an advocacy visit to the Chairman of the Forum, Alhaji Abdullahi Yelwa, Ajiyan Yauri, in Abuja, Hon Abdullahi said the role of the media in public sensitization, advocacy and awareness creation
on the importance of the Baro Inland Port project to the Nigerian economy cannot be over estimated.
He said his Committee was created by the House because of the realization of the strategic importance of the Baro Inland Port as a catalyst for national and regional economic development in trade facilitation, agricultural value-chain development and job creation.
The Chairman of the Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum, praised the 10th National Assembly for creating an Adhoc Committee for the operationalization of Baro Inland Port, a critical transportation artery for the transportation of goods from the North to South and vice versa, through water transportation.
He recalled that the Baro Inland Port project has been on since the PTF days, but has remained inoperational in spite of the huge sums of money spent on it.
“Time has come for the Baro Inland Port to come onstream, especially given the poor state of our roads and the need to diversify our transportation system to meet with projected growth of the economy promised by President Tinubu,” he said.
He called on our lawmakers, especially those from the North to ensure the operationalization of this vital project.
He assured the Committee of the total support of the Forum, especially during the conduct of the forthcoming National Stakeholders Engagement on the Baro Inland Port.
