Chinese company hands over Nigeria's first deep sea port

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Chinese company hands over Nigeria's first deep sea port

STORY: Chinese company hands over Nigeria's first deep sea port DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:15 LOCATION: LAGOS, Nigeria CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of handing-over ceremony 2. various of Cui Jianchun 3. various of deep sea port 4. SOUNDBITE (English): BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, Governor of Lagos State 5. various of deep sea port STORYLINE: China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) on Monday handed over Nigeria's first deep sea port to the government after the completion of the huge maritime project in the country's economic hub city of Lagos. At the handing-over ceremony, Cui Jianchun, Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, said as a commercial project of tripartite cooperation between China, France and Nigeria, Lekki port is of great significance for promoting the Belt and Road cooperation in Africa. Constructed by the CHEC, the Lekki Deep Sea Port is the largest seaport in Nigeria, and one of the biggest in West Africa. The construction of the port commenced in June 2020, and is designed to hand

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