The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of recycling unfulfilled campaign promises over the proposed Ibom Deep Sea Port project in Akwa Ibom State.
The party questioned President Tinubu’s renewed promise to construct the port, recalling that the Federal Executive Council (FEC), under late former President Muhammadu Buhari, had approved the implementation of the project’s first phase on December 16, 2020.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, Esq., on Sunday, November 8, 2026, the NDC said that the 2020 approval covered the $4.6 billion project and identified Bollore/Power China as the preferred bidder, with the expectation that construction would commence.
The party also recalled that Tinubu, while campaigning as the APC presidential candidate at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on January 30, 2023, promised to build a seaport for the state.
According to the NDC, Tinubu had told supporters at the rally: “We will do mechanised farming. We will export food from Akwa Ibom. We will build your seaport.”
However, the party expressed disappointment that more than three years after the campaign promise, the President had again pledged to construct the Ibom Deep Sea Port during his visit to Akwa Ibom State on Friday, November 6, 2026.
While describing the renewed commitment as another round of unfulfilled promises, the NDC questioned how many times the APC would approve the same project without its actual delivery.
It accused the ruling party of turning the deep seaport project into a campaign tool, emphasising that Akwa Ibom residents were still waiting for the fulfilment of the earlier promise.
The party also linked the port project to the APC’s promise of uninterrupted electricity supply, arguing that Nigerians were still waiting for the delivery of that commitment.
The NDC further called on Nigerians to reject the APC, urging them to support its vision of making a new Nigeria possible.
