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The proposed
Badagry Historical and Monument Resort, located at Gberefun, is to gulp
N577.6 billion. It would be located at “Point of No Return” – a site on
Gberefun Island where slave ships loaded their human cargo for the
shipment to foreign countries.

The chairman of
Badagry local government in Lagos State, Mr Moses Husitode, disclosed
this in Badagry, on Tuesday, at a lecture to mark the International Day
of Slave Trade and its Abolition.

The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), set aside August 23 of every year
to mark the International Day of Slave Trade and its Abolition.

The week long
event, which started on Sunday with an inter-denominational service,
will end on Friday at the Old Slave Trade Port, located at the Badagry
Marina. Husitode said the project would be executed by the friends of
the late pop star, Michael Jackson – Motherland Group in the U.S.

“It gladdens my
heart to tell you that 11 years ago, Badagry LGA staged the
International Day of Slave Trade and its Abolition …this has come
with huge rewards. For instance, the Motherland Group is set to commit
N577.6 billion to the Historical and Monument Resort Project in
Badagry,” he said.