The Ondo State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ONDOCIMMA), has hailed President Muhammad Buhari for approving the Ondo State Deep Sea Port.
The chamber’s president, Otunba Olumide Araoyinbo, said the approval of the port will open new doors of opportunities for Ondo State and all the neighbouring states.
Araoyinbo, who spoke in a statement by the chamber’s public relations officer, Adeboro Onibalusi, congratulated the people of the state and thanked Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for his untiring efforts to ensure that the port is approved.
“It gladdens our collective hearts that the Port Ondo project finally got the approval of the federal government. It is indeed the most beautiful parting gift from President Muhammadu Buhari to the people of the state.”
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Araoyinbo said the project, on completion, would serve as a major catalyst for the socio-economic development of the state and the country at large.
He stated further, “We want to express our gratitude to the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo for his support towards the actualisation of this dream. Furthermore, the chamber expresses its deepest appreciation to the Minister of state for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye and all those who worked tirelessly to ensure that the sea port project is approved.”
The chamber urged the state government and all the stakeholders in the project to see ONDOCIMMA and its members as partners in the project and to ensure that it immediately put machinery in motion to make Ondo Port a reality as fast as possible.