Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the managing director of the Badagry Sea Port Limited, Mr Didi Ndiomu has given the assurance to land owners affected by the construction of the seaport, that they would be adequately compensated.
This was after the Lagos State Government and the concerned parties on the project including tne host communities for the proposed Badagry Deep Sea Port had agreed on modalies to kick off the project barely ten years after it was conceived.
Both Chief Executives gave the assurance during a stakeholders meeting and community engagement on the Badagry Deep Seaport Project held at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Auditorium in Topo, Badagry.
Sanwo-Olu who assured the people of Badagry that his administration is determined to scale up development to the Badagry axis of Lagos State, reiterated the government’s readiness to compensate residents for economic losses on buildings, ancestral lands, farms and sites as a result of the deep seaport.
He said, “We need to go to Abuja to get a re-ratification because it is the NPA that owns the license for the port. So, we need to get ratification from Abuja. That process has started and we are praying that before the end of April, we will get that ratification.’’
The governor pointed out that, “About 10 years ago during the administration of one of my predecessors, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, this Sea Port Project, which is the reason we have organised today’s community engagement, was conceived as a flagship project that when fully operational, would not only boost the fortunes of the people of Badagry, but, also transform the entire economy of our state and that of the entire West African sub-region.’’
