Nigeria, Oct. 29 -- Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to Vice President Kashim Shettima to help ensure the realisation of the Ibom Deep Seaport project in Akwa Ibom State.

Speaking at an event organised in honour of Mr Shettima in Uyo, Mr Akpabio, a former governor of the oil-rich state, told the vice president that Governor Umo Eno was making the only request to President Bola Tinubu's administration for the Deep Seaport.

"The vice president, when you and the president are there, please remember my state. All Governor Eno is looking for from the federal government now is just a Deep Seaport to complement the progress of the state," Mr Akpabio said.

"It is the Deep Seaport," he said repeatedly.

Mr Shettima was in the stat...