PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari GCFR will on Saturday 19th of January 2019, inaugurate the just completed Baro River Port in Niger State. According to a statement signed on Thursday by NIWA Spokesman, Tayo Fadile, the Baro River port commissioning will be done on Saturday by Mr President following years of speculation and uncertainty about the port. It is one of the River Ports built to support the dredging of Lower River Niger project. Onitsha River Port has already been rehabilitated while Oguta and Lokoja River Ports are nearing completion. The Baro river port is expected to create at least two thousand direct jobs and hundreds of thousands indirect jobs.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 17, 2019 13:52 UTC