16/12/2025
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*APC CRS COMMENDS PRESIDENT TINUBU, CONGRATULATES GOV. BASSEY OTU ON BAKASSI DEEP SEAPORT APPROVAL*
The Acting State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Chapter, *Ntufam Ekum Ekok Ojogu* and the entire State Executive Committee, heartily congratulates our pragmatic and vision oriented Governor, *His Excellency, Apostle Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu,* on the historic approval of the Bakassi Deep Seaport Project by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
This landmark approval, estimated at about $2.27 billion in private sector investment under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework, represents a major breakthrough for Cross River State and the Nigerian economy at large.
It reflects His Excellency’s distinguished leadership, strategic engagement with the Federal Government, and commitment to economic revitalization, job creation, and sustainable development for the good people of Cross River State.
The Bakassi Deep Seaport is of great socio-economic importance, positioning Cross River State as a critical maritime and logistics hub, that will stimulate industrial growth, expand regional and international trade, create thousands of direct and indirect jobs, and ensure new opportunities for the people of Cross River State, the North-Central and North-East regions, and the wider West and Central African sub-region.
We also express unreserved appreciation to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for bold and strategic approval.
Mr. President has once again demonstrated his commitment to infrastructure led economic growth and inclusive national development, while honouring the promise he made during his campaign visit to Cross River State to revisit and advance the Deep Seaport project.
This approval reinforces the confidence of Cross Riverians in the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President and the People’s First agenda of the Governor.
We are proud of this achievement and confident that it will usher in a new era of prosperity, economic growth, and global competitiveness for our state.
*Once again, congratulations to His Excellency, Governor Bassey Edet Otu, and thank you President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR*
Signed:
*Hon. Emmanuel Edem Inyang JP*
Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress
Cross River State
15th December, 2025.