INFRASTRUCTURE; WATERWAYS
1. The Inland Waterways provide alternative means of transporting goods, agricultural produce and services at relatively low rates.
2. Dredging of Lower River Niger from Baro (Niger State) to warri (Delta State) has allowed all year navigation.
3. Onitsha Port has been completed, while Baro Port, Lokoja Port and Oguta Port are under construction.
4. Volume of cargo transported in the inland waterways has doubled in the last two years.
5. Number of passengers travelling by water was 1.3 million in 2012, compared to a mere 250,000 the previous year.
6. Contracts are on course for the dredging of the Lower River Benue and Markudi River Ports.
7. To ease congestion at the ports, government has approved the establishment of six Inland Container Depots.

Put everything on one thread please.