The China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has intensified work on the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos amidst expectation that on completion of the multi-purpose Port at the heart of the Lagos Free Trade Zone, the project will be one of the most modern ports in West Africa.
The Executive Director of CHEC, Jason Wang made this known while speaking to reporters when the firm extended its Corporate Social Responsibility to the Abuja Model Secondary School, Maitama, where it donated educational and instructional materials to the school on Wednesday.
According to CHEC sources, the over $1 billion Deep Sea Port investment is offering enormous support to the burgeoning commercial operation across Nigeria and the entire West African region. The sources added that the state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure at Lekki Port will be the result of extensive contribution from some of the best consultants in the business from across the world.
Wang said “For China Habour we have been in Nigeria for more than 20 years but for the first 20 years we did not have many big projects but in the last three or four years, we have many big projects here. We have investment projects in Lagos Lekki Deep sea port the total investment is more than one billion dollars and we are the major investor and also the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor.”
He noted that CHEC is also handling the road expansion project from Abuja to Keffi, which will ease the notorious gridlock along that road. He added that the road construction and expansion extends to Makurdi in Benue state, stressing that all the projects are towards the infrastructural development of Nigeria.
Speaking further on the donation to Abuja Model School, Wang said “we believe that the young people are the future of this country, so apart from doing construction work and investment in Nigeria, we want to take more Social Responsibility.
“So we chose this school as a programme because we believe that the young people are the future of this country so that they learn well in the school and improve themselves and make their contribution to the country,” he added.
A teacher in the model school, Comfort Ojo, who expressed gratitude to CHEC, told our correspondent that the items donated are useful as they will go a long way in boosting the academic performance of the students.
Items such as school bags, books, and sporting facilities among others were donated to the school as the students also sang in Chinese language to appreciate the company.
Innocent Odoh, Abuja
