{"id":174258,"date":"2025-08-14T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/okpe-union-urges-tinubu-to-revive-sapele-sea-port"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:39:31","slug":"okpe-union-urges-tinubu-to-revive-sapele-sea-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/okpe-union-urges-tinubu-to-revive-sapele-sea-port","title":{"rendered":"Okpe Union Urges Tinubu to Revive Sapele Sea Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Umbrella Socio-Cultural Okpe Ethnic Nationality, the Okpe Union (Worldwide), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to, as a matter of importance, review the situation of the \u201cSapele Sea Port,\u201d which, according to them, is the only freshwater natural harbour in Nigeria with huge developmental potentials in the Nigerian maritime sector.<\/p>\n<p>The National Executive Council of Okpe Union (Worldwide), led by Prof. Igho Natufe, made the call at a press conference held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Warri Correspondents\u2019 Chapel in Warri.<\/p>\n<p>The Okpe Union also called on President Tinubu to reopen the \u201cNigerian Television Authority, NTA, Station at Amuokpe in Sapele Local Government Area,\u201d which has been malfunctioning for a couple of years now, depriving the entire Delta Central Senatorial District and beyond access to national television coverage.<\/p>\n<p>They also told President Tinubu that the deplorable Benin-Sapele Highway and the Warri-Sapele Highway need immediate attention.<\/p>\n<p>They said the roads, which are in deplorable condition, have wreaked untold hardship on the economy of the Okpe Kingdom and Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the Federal Government to expedite action in fixing the failed portions and propel the companies handling the contracts to accelerate the reconstruction projects,\u201d Natufe said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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