one.east1:
Kengali is among the finest brains we have on NL..

Am already dubbing your feasibility analysis on the Onitsha Port for onward transmission..

The fact is that GEJ will make Onitsha Port international designation but whether now on in next tenure is what I don't know. [b]I have overheard it muted in the Ministry of Transport .[/b]

Rare Diamond:

PLEASE KEEP YOUR PESSIMISM TO YOURSELF. ONITSHA AND OGUTA PORTS WOULD WORK OUT FINE AND PROFITABLY BY GOD'S GRACE. SO DON'T WORRY YOURSELF ABOUT US, YOU CAN'T LOVE US MORE THAN OURSELVES !!!!

@ KENGALI; ONITSHA AND OGUTA PORTS HAVE BOTH NAVAL AND CUSTOMS BASES WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD PROVIDE SERVICES TO BOTH PORTS.

CRUDE OIL IS TRANSPORTED BY BIG BARGES FROM OGUTA THROUGH THE ADJOINING RIVERS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHERE THEY ARE TRANSFERRED TO BIG TANKER VESSELS. JULIUS BERGER MOVED THEIR HEAVY EQUIPMENTS VIA THE RIVER NIGER TO ONITSHA PORT WHERE THEY HAVE COMMENCED THEIR SURVEY AND PRE-MOBILISATION ACTIVITIES IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2ND NIGER BRIDGE. I SEE NO LOGICAL REASON FOR OGUTA AND ONITSHA PORT NOT TO WORK PROFITABLY BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BARGES & VESSELS THAT BERTH IN LAGOS ARE TRANS-SHIPPED FROM FERNANDO PO EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GHANA AND BENIN REPUBLIC. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT ANAMBRA SHIPPING ASSOCIATION IS EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT ?

THE IMO STATE GOVERNMENT HAVE COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME UNIVERSITY IN OGUTA.

KINDLY IGNORE PEOPLE WHO WANTS APC TO WIN SE BUT DON'T WANT SE TO DEVELOP, THAT IS WHY THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO FAIL WOEFULLY IN NIGERIA

Malawian:

ode.
because she is APC like you, she is now "consistent" ?

see your oily face like c0nd0m

Knowledge9000:

Typical response from a stu$pid, jealous ugly a$ss Yoruba. Go and ask the Hausas what happened to their economy when the civil war came calling after the igbos left...that's why YOU WILL NEVER HEAR AN HAUSA MAN SAY A WORD AGAINST THE IGBOS. THEY KNOW HOW VALUABLE THE IGBOS ARE TO THEM. Watch and see if this were to happen how Lagos will be reduced to mini Ondo state; economy-wise. Fool...didn't know that 70% of all import into the country are done by Igbos? You didn't know? Very dull idio$t.

Knowledge9000: I just trapped your IP address and location. You don't know whom you are messing with.

Sam xiu lee: An appeal to my fellow yorubas,
Can you all please stop posting on threads that having nothing to do with the SW?
people from SE always think anything you say about anything there means you are Jealous.
Truth be told we must concentrate more on how we can develop the SW more than what we have now,yes its the best region even if you remove Lagos state from it,but it can get better,pls let's channel our efforts on how we can have more industries,get rid of agberos,omo onile syndrome,make our legion of less educated men major importers like Igbos do rather than play Baba ijebu all day with Iya bola's money,which she made with her petty trade everyday.
I see this everyday and I shake my head.
We have a sea port,they don't why can't we take advantage of it?
Why can't our men also travel to china and import goods into the country?
China goods are everywhere even in Europe,
We need to look inward and leave them alone,if we stop patronising there goods,trust me its over,LG and Thermocool has taking a large chunk in the electronic business from alaba,even though am not proud of it,we can't we do same?

bloggernaija:

Pulling another bullshit 50% today, 70% tomorrow.
What exactly are they importing?

The manufacturing industry of Lagos/OGUN/Ibadan axis and the export cocoa,timber,cashew nuts ,cassava is responsible for the bulk of all importation that comes from through those ports.this is so that they have leased vast parts of the ports itself.the likes of dangote,falowiyo,obateru,otudeko of flour mills literally operate from the ports ,next to that is the importation of petroleum products, after comes the importation of finished goods /machinery by foriegn coys,lastly comes importation of general goods which cuts across all strata of the society.


The fact is that the sparepart ,electronic business of the Igbos in Lagos is irrelevant in the scheme of things.

Heck it's contribution to Lagos states GDP is insignificant.
Danfo drivers contribute more to the government than them traders
It is only a matter of time that the manufacturers of those goods are invited to set up shop and provide the original stuffs direct without middlemen.

ngozievergreen:

Ignorance at its peak.
Igbos are the largest non govtal importation bodies.
who told u igbos import only electronics and spare parts?
The ones I know are not even doing any of the two sef .
Talking abt exports, are those the only things Nig exports?
Y then are most yorubas oil dependent?
see ur mouth @ the Lagos/Ogun axis as if yorubas own 10% of the enterprises in question.
bad belle

bloggernaija:

We are not getting rid of any omo onile or agbero because they are the only ones letting those clannish expansionist know their place.
They may be evil, but they are a necessary evil for now.

ilugunboy:



If I call you mumu....you go dey vex all over the forum.

What is govtal for xrist sake!!

fkaz:

Which atlas, it's your brother who said onitsha port will server middle-belt and north-east with their market. I don't know how onitsha port will function if all the river channel on these axis are not dredge properly. I just hope FG is sincere with that project, because those river channel needs another dredging after last year flooding. That is why i say onitsha port will remain a mirage.

Mr Everest:

Its apparent that you've not taken my candid advice but I will admonish you for the umpteenth time to either make informed comments or quietly read what the technocrats are saying here. Now in lay man's parlance, let me try to explain to you what they are saying;
1. Nigeria is a huge country of 160 million people (this is about half the total population of West Africa sub region) yet Ironically it is served by only the Lagos ports, others only exist in paper or at best are underutilized.
2. The bulk of the importers in Nigeria are either domiciled in the Onitsha region or have operational outlets there.
3. Lagos ports are already seriously congested, leading to lost man hours, losses to importers in the form of accumulated demurrage and other logistic problems.
4. The recurring damage to the long stretch of Lagos-Ibadan, Ore-Benin-Asaba is mainly due to the heavy tonnes of goods that is daily passing through it.
5. Within Lagos itself, one half of creek road has been turned into a virtual park for heavy utility vehicles which leads to serious traffic gridlocks.
6. Nigeria is an import oriented country and having just one functional port for the whole country is risky and unwise.
7. The population of Lagos is already bursting at the seams and other economic centres need to be enhanced to discourage the current mad rush to Lagos.
8. Making Onitsha port viable will lead to increased efficiency of Lagos port and increased revenue to the FG since those Nigerin importers making use of Cotonue and Tema due to the bottlenecks at Lagos will now use the Onitsha port and pay customs duties to FG.
The aforementioned reasons are a few of the benefits Nigeria stand to gain by making Onitsha port viable.

Finally, Onitsha is the commercial capital of Nigeria and is strategically located on the banks of river Niger, goods are moved from Onitsha to the south east, south south and north, so if the Onitsha port could receive goods directly from ships or barges, it would lead to reduction in prices to the final consumer since cost of; transportation on roads, warehouses in Lagos and general logistics would be drastically cut down.

Mr Everest:

Its apparent that you've not taken my candid advice but I will admonish you for the umpteenth time to either make informed comments or quietly read what the technocrats are saying here. Now in lay man's parlance, let me try to explain to you what they are saying;
1. Nigeria is a huge country of 160 million people (this is about half the total population of West Africa sub region) yet Ironically it is served by only the Lagos ports, others only exist in paper or at best are underutilized.
2. The bulk of the importers in Nigeria are either domiciled in the Onitsha region or have operational outlets there.
3. Lagos ports are already seriously congested, leading to lost man hours, losses to importers in the form of accumulated demurrage and other logistic problems.
4. The recurring damage to the long stretch of Lagos-Ibadan, Ore-Benin-Asaba is mainly due to the heavy tonnes of goods that is daily passing through it.
5. Within Lagos itself, one half of creek road has been turned into a virtual park for heavy utility vehicles which leads to serious traffic gridlocks.
6. Nigeria is an import oriented country and having just one functional port for the whole country is risky and unwise.
7. The population of Lagos is already bursting at the seams and other economic centres need to be enhanced to discourage the current mad rush to Lagos.
8. Making Onitsha port viable will lead to increased efficiency of Lagos port and increased revenue to the FG since those Nigerin importers making use of Cotonue and Tema due to the bottlenecks at Lagos will now use the Onitsha port and pay customs duties to FG.
The aforementioned reasons are a few of the benefits Nigeria stand to gain by making Onitsha port viable.

Finally, Onitsha is the commercial capital of Nigeria and is strategically located on the banks of river Niger, goods are moved from Onitsha to the south east, south south and north, so if the Onitsha port could receive goods directly from ships or barges, it would lead to reduction in prices to the final consumer since cost of; transportation on roads, warehouses in Lagos and general logistics would be drastically cut down.

ilugunboy:

You are looking for trouble again right...? If Mukinat gives you what you deserve now..you will start crying all over the community.

Mr Everest:
Onitsha is the commercial capital of Nigeria

plaindealer: Lagos is the industrial capital of the whole of West Capital and Lagos and the rest of the SW is the largest market in Nigeria, but the bulk of Nigeria's imports goes to the east?


If you are going to lie or beat your ever shallow chest, at least add a little common sense and quit sounding dumb and foolish.

one.east1:



If you want us to reason like humans knock off the highlighted. Then again tell your brothers to back off this thread if they do not have meaningful thing to offer or else I will take e-war pictures straight to their door steps.

one.east1:



If you want us to reason like humans knock off the highlighted. Then again tell your brothers to back off this thread if they do not have meaningful thing to offer or else I will take e-war pictures straight to their door steps.

plaindealer:


Such huge imports = Huge economic activities

Such huge economic activities = Huge GDP, Jobs and IGR.

Huge GDP and IGR you don't have and job wise, it doesn't exist because your people are always leaving and heading to other parts of Nigeria specifically the SW for greener pastures.


Question::::; What exactly do you do with all the imports since it doesn't reflect on you in terms of Huge GDP and Huge IGR?

Question:::: Again, what do you do with the imports? Do you eat them?


Apply some common sense and quit insulting us with your dumb lies ans silliness...

one.east1:



Heading to Lagos not Yorobar land, because the last we checked Lagos was and is not a yorobar land as it was not developed by yorobars but FG. In terms of IGR there is no Yorobar state that can match any SE state, don't be deceived by the news paper based IGR.

Igbos are travelers from time immemorial, so its not today and its not because of better or worse economy but just like the Jews, Igbos are all over the world. Am also aware that Anambra is the most populated state in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano. So how come Anambra is ranking very high if Igbos are leaving so much like you painted it?

Apart from Lagos which is not yorobars's making where else in yorobar land that is worth living in? Where is the said job in the yorobar land outside Lagos which is FG's? The mistake an average yorobar man has kept making is that they do not travel to see what is going on in other regions, they just stock in one place eating oily soup.

It is on record that SE is better off than SW when it comes to povery index. At least I know that Anambra is the least poverty affected state in Nigeria.

Note: Igbos are not going to yorobar land but Lagos which is FG's, the former capital of Nigeria and no man's land.

Lmao, , i just so love you Chino, you know where to hit those oily heads! Always claiming Lagos which was nothing but a creek slum, be4 Niger delta oil money was used to build it! Till date the bulk of the infrastruture in Lagos is FG property! Go to oshogbo and see hw a typical yoruba jungle looks

one.east1:



Heading to Lagos not Yorobar land, because the last we checked Lagos was and is not a yorobar land as it was not developed by yorobars but FG. In terms of IGR there is no Yorobar state that can match any SE state, don't be deceived by the news paper based IGR.

Igbos are travelers from time immemorial, so its not today and its not because of better or worse economy but just like the Jews, Igbos are all over the world. Am also aware that Anambra is the most populated state in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano. So how come Anambra is ranking very high if Igbos are leaving so much like you painted it?

Apart from Lagos which is not yorobars's making where else in yorobar land that is worth living in? Where is the said job in the yorobar land outside Lagos which is FG's? The mistake an average yorobar man has kept making is that they do not travel to see what is going on in other regions, they just stock in one place eating oily soup.

It is on record that SE is better off than SW when it comes to povery index. At least I know that Anambra is the least poverty affected state in Nigeria.

Note: Igbos are not going to yorobar land but Lagos which is FG's, the former capital of Nigeria and no man's land.

one.east1:
Kengali is among the finest brains we have on NL..

Am already dubbing your feasibility analysis on the Onitsha Port for onward transmission..

The fact is that GEJ will make Onitsha Port international designation but whether now on in next tenure is what I don't know. I have overheard it muted in the Ministry of Transport.

Mr Everest:

Its apparent that you've not taken my candid advice but I will admonish you for the umpteenth time to either make informed comments or quietly read what the technocrats are saying here. Now in lay man's parlance, let me try to explain to you what they are saying;
1. Nigeria is a huge country of 160 million people (this is about half the total population of West Africa sub region) yet Ironically it is served by only the Lagos ports, others only exist in paper or at best are underutilized.
2. The bulk of the importers in Nigeria are either domiciled in the Onitsha region or have operational outlets there.
3. Lagos ports are already seriously congested, leading to lost man hours, losses to importers in the form of accumulated demurrage and other logistic problems.
4. The recurring damage to the long stretch of Lagos-Ibadan, Ore-Benin-Asaba is mainly due to the heavy tonnes of goods that is daily passing through it.
5. Within Lagos itself, one half of creek road has been turned into a virtual park for heavy utility vehicles which leads to serious traffic gridlocks.
6. Nigeria is an import oriented country and having just one functional port for the whole country is risky and unwise.
7. The population of Lagos is already bursting at the seams and other economic centres need to be enhanced to discourage the current mad rush to Lagos.
8. Making Onitsha port viable will lead to increased efficiency of Lagos port and increased revenue to the FG since those Nigerin importers making use of Cotonue and Tema due to the bottlenecks at Lagos will now use the Onitsha port and pay customs duties to FG.
The aforementioned reasons are a few of the benefits Nigeria stand to gain by making Onitsha port viable.

Finally, Onitsha is the commercial capital of Nigeria and is strategically located on the banks of river Niger, goods are moved from Onitsha to the south east, south south and north, so if the Onitsha port could receive goods directly from ships or barges, it would lead to reduction in prices to the final consumer since cost of; transportation on roads, warehouses in Lagos and general logistics would be drastically cut down.

fkaz:

You see all this your analysis are self-centred, why must goods get to onitsha before coming to northern part? Why can't i get it directly from lagos. And is onitsha port the only port that can decongest lagos port. Why not encourage FG to put portharcourt or calabar port into proper shape which is more closer to nitsha since they have direct access to atlantic ocean. My brother onitsha river port will remain a dream for now, because it is not viable. All the silt dredge out of the river and dump along the river channel had find their way back into the river, so you need dredging and you knw FG will always tell you they are broke. And am still reminding you that FG need to dredge all the river channel from Baro port in niger state to degema in bayelsa, you can't single out onitsha port for dredging alone if it most work. So for onitsha port, to be in the news all the time is all politics.

fkaz:

You see all this your analysis are self-centred, why must goods get to onitsha before coming to northern part? Why can't i get it directly from lagos. And is onitsha port the only port that can decongest lagos port. Why not encourage FG to put portharcourt or calabar port into proper shape which is more closer to nitsha since they have direct access to atlantic ocean. My brother onitsha river port will remain a dream for now, because it is not viable. All the silt dredge out of the river and dump along the river channel had find their way back into the river, so you need dredging and you knw FG will always tell you they are broke. And am still reminding you that FG need to dredge all the river channel from Baro port in niger state to degema in bayelsa, you can't single out onitsha port for dredging alone if it most work. So for onitsha port, to be in the news all the time is all politics.

revolt: to be quite Frank, I don't see the viability of onitsha port Cos you can't just select onitsha which hapns to b an inland port then leave the other inland ports redundant.
in my view I think calabar should be looked @ , or even oron which is closer to the Atlantic. onne people were not friendly to nwafors in the past, that's why nobody goes through that axis. basically the onitsha port is and inland port and the terrain doesn't even support dredging.
though no harm in developing that route but the fg isn't that buoyant.

9jagirl4re: Are you an importer, I just don't get why you and your crew insist on disturbing every Anambra thread, what is your concern if we want the Port dredged? Are you even a business man because these your questions would not be asked if you were, you would know the cheapest form of transportation for importers is through water to our door step. You people should focus on what benefits you and yours and stop cogesting threads with trivial rubbish!

9jagirl4re: What evidence do you have that this is not a viable project?