SENATOR STELLA ODUAH'S MOTION ON INLAND PORTS IN ANAMBRA, ENUGU DISSECTED

Our indefatigable Senator Stella Oduah sponsored a Motion on:

Need for the Establishment of Inland Ports at Onitsha, Enugu and Other Land-locked States.

The Motion was designed to reduce the challenges business men and women in those landlocked cities with high volume of economic activities go through daily to get their imports down to their destinations from major seaports across the nation like Lagos by road.

The Motion will help to reduce pressure on our roads which are currently used to move these goods and equipment from the existing ports of entry.

 It will also help FG to increase revenue base while many unemployed youths will be engaged to work in them.

The Motion will address the challenges our business men/importers especially from Eastern commercial hubs like Onitsha and Aba face daily to get their goods to their warehouses. Lots of goods are destroyed in the process through accident, rain, bad roads etc.

Many of these importers also end up paying double taxation as some illegal customs checkpoint also insist on fresh charges and fees from these haulage vehicles before releasing them.

It will help to reduced turning around time for their business because they wait for so long to have their goods into their warehouses due to the long process of delivering them from Lagos Ports to the owners warehouse in Aba, Onitsha, Enugu et al.

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