President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos for a two-day working visit dubbed “Lagos Festival of Projects,” during which he will cut the ribbon on a number of projects, including the Imota Rice Mill and the Lekki Deep Sea Port.
The Nigerian Airforce plane carrying the president landed at 3:40 p.m. in the Presidential wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, where dignitaries awaited him.
The president was greeted at the airport by his chief host, Babajide Sanwoolu, governor of the state, and Hamzat Obafemi, his deputy. Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun State; Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti State; and Abike Dabiri are among the others.
Buhari inspected the guards of honor at the airport before departing to inaugurate the Lekki Deep Sea Port.
The Lekki Deep Sea Port is located approximately 65 kilometers east of Lagos and spans 90 hectares of land bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. It is Nigeria’s largest port and one of the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The 18.75km six-lane rigid-pavement Eleko Junction to Epe Expressway, the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History, and the MRS Lubricant Factory in Apapa are also set to open.
Following the tape-cutting, President Buhari will be hosted to a state dinner by the governor of Lagos State.
