To fast-track the development of the Benin Port Project, the Project Delivery Team has completed the Request for Qualification, which sets actions in motion to accelerate the realization of the project.

In a statement, the Chairman, Benin Port Project, Engineer Greg Ogbeifun, said following the due process earlier initiated Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Minister of Transportation had set up the Project Steering Committee and Project Delivery Team to ensure realization of the project under a Public-Private Partnership arrangement.

The Project Steering Committee and Project Delivery Team comprise representatives from the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Nigerian Ports Authority, Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Ministry of Finance, Bureau of Public Enterprise, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Edo State Government, and the Transaction Adviser (CPCS Transcom, Canada).