macjive01: good for lagos state, it really baffles me why other litorial states wouldn't think of a seaport.

why is river state building a stupid tram system that will cost so so much to maintain , when the state could have rather invested in a deep seaport project at about same money.

even the big importer in aba and onitsha could pull resources and partner with a one of these states to build one.
Akwaibom has a natural deep water coastal profile.
there is cross river, even delta.

CFCfan: Fellow N'landers, please let us structure our arguments on the economic viability or otherwise of this proposed Deep-seaport. Yoruba/Igbo state of origin or the definition of a true Lagosian, are not the important issues here.

Thanks.

aribisala0: Ports are used for imports and exports too. If you develop your industries you will still need ports to export them ,No
The development of this port is a Lagos State Government initiative with a long history ; it was conceived during Tinubu's government. In fact but for the determination of Lagos it will not happen because Obasanjo did everything to frustrate it. Obasanjo was quite happy for Dangote to buy part of the port at Tin Can but refused to allow Lagos state to start its own port.Even now they are insisting on equity without contributing a kobo. Almost all the money is coming from a private investor. There is nothing stopping Cross River State from doing it. The question is ; Why is no private investor interested in doing this outside Lagos. There are a few viable stretches on the Bonny River and in Akwa Ibom which are technically more viable than Calabar which,lets face it,is inland. The trouble with the other two is they would require roads to link them to the South East ;the only viable justification in that part of the country. Who will build those roads.Certainly not a PDP government ??

CFCfan: @aribisala0: You are spot on with ur analysis. The proposed Ibaka deep seaport will be complemented by the rehabilitation of the Uyo-Aba highway.

Desola:

why do you think Obasanjo is adamant in truncating the growth in the western region?

I am very curious about this and would like someone with some insight to shed more light.

Can you give it a stab, Aribisala?

brat4222: Lagos has 2 large sea ports with another one under development. Why didnt the FG support Cross River in making its sea port operate especially to support its TINAPA and Export Processing Projects? Is it that dont want economic power to shift from the west to the east? Or so that the easteners dont import ammunitions unchecked. Its all politics.

Why are we even building more ports to import more foreign goods when we should be building our local industries for export. God help us.

CFCfan: @aribisala0: Absolutely, the only way that Akwa Ibom's port will be viable would be if the major South eastern cities are connected to it by road/ rail (preferably 'medium' speed rail ).

On Obasanjo's purported opposition to South Western economic progress, I think he didn't want a State governor to rubbish the efforts of d FG's reforms at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports.

aribisala0: I don't think that is fair to Obasanjo but I guess he is one of those people who like to be deified. So when he was there it was -Baba this Baba that. Tinubu was not willing to kiss his hairy Egba butt and so we all saw what happened - Withholding allocation etc.

B'o le ya ko ya
B'o le d'ogun ko d'ogun

captures the nihilistic instincts of the man if the glory is not his. So he would have no problem with development if he takes credit. Unfortunately he was of limited vision and had few original ideas of his own.

ilugunboy:

I agree with your take on that OBJ submission...in as much as am a fanatical supporter of Baba...some of his actions were based strictly on ego and party politics sentiment which were inimical to the development of the south West region.

afam4eva:
It could be ego, party affiliation or simply non-ethnic affiliation.

aribisala0:
I am confused What reforms and how could a state governor rubbish them. I really do not follow that at all??

CFCfan:

I meant that OBJ didn't want competition for the 2 FG-owned ports.

CFCfan: @aribisala0: You are spot on with ur analysis. The proposed Ibaka deep seaport will be complemented by the rehabilitation of the Uyo-Aba highway.

Ozonna:

Has work started @ the Ibaka deep seaport?

@macjive01

A deep seaport is under construction in Ibaka, Akwa Ibom. The 1st phase of d project is expected to be competed by 2015.
Its expected to serve some parts of the South-south and the entire South-east.