The primary obstacles to the operation of the multibillion-naira inland port in Niger State have been identified by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Rehabilitation and Operationalization of Baro Port as an infrastructural deficit and a lack of coordination among important government agencies.
During a courtesy visit to the Abuja corporate headquarters of Media Trust Group (MTG), which publishes Daily Trust and Aminiya and owns Trust TV, Trust Radio, and Digital Trust, committee chairman Hon. Saidu Musa Abdullahi made this statement.
According to him, the purpose of the visit was to enlist the Media Trust Group’s assistance in promoting public involvement and advocacy in order to completely operationalize the long-abandoned multibillion-naira inland port in Niger State.Stakeholders are concerned that the project has not yet begun operations six years after former President Muhammadu Buhari officially launched it, according to Daily Trust.In 2024, when there was no activity at the Port, one of our correspondents had visited the facility. Not a single vessel has berthed, and no cargo has been lifted.
Our correspondent was informed at the time by Ndagana Mohammed, a school teacher from Baro, that “since the port was commissioned, no activities have taken place there, so our expectations for development are dimming by the day.”
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