matrixme:
Even if you succeed in bringing all the igbo states an inch to the sea, with all its economic advantages, What would form the bulk of your export? Since your commercial cities are known more for imports than export. Do you really have the population advantage as a tribe to sustain yourself economically? Even China with its massive population size has recently abandoned one child policy for obvious reasons. Forming a country sounds good, abstractly, but it is tough work in reality.

matrixme:
Even if you succeed in bringing all the igbo states an inch to the sea, with all its economic advantages, What would form the bulk of your export? Since your commercial cities are known more for imports than export. Do you really have the population advantage as a tribe to sustain yourself economically? Even China with its massive population size has recently abandoned one child policy for obvious reasons. Forming a country sounds good, abstractly, but it is tough work in reality.

Aigbofa:


Are you freaking stu.pid? Everything about you folks is emotion based and little common sense. This is a pie in the sky scheme and it is doomed like every schemes you have ever conceived.
Bla bla bla this is not river Niger, can you even locate the south east on a map? Bloody ape.

VickJames:


nne, nsogbu adiro

it is not by enjoying the thread. it is by working towards making it a reality.

nwanlecha:
Lol. I will definitely make a contribution where necessary. This is not just my area of expertise, so I am quietly learning from you guys who obviously know a thing or two, about how this laudable project can be achieved.

nwanlecha:
I love the discussion going on here but y'all should beware about exposing some vital information in an open forum like this. Some information are better relayed through E-mails and private messages. There are lots of people from certain tribes, who fast and pray for the Igbo nation to never rise again. The evidence abounds on this thread and all over Nairaland.

ruffDiamond:
nobody gat time for ya all I'll mannered scums of the earth and disrespectful lots whatever u people planning abt whareva is nobody concern except to enlighten u further that WITHOT THE BACKING OF FG AND NECESSARILY LAW NOT TO MENTION FINANCE ,IT REMAINS JUST WHAT IT WAS :A MIRAGE AND PIPE DREAM AND THIRDLY IN CASE IT'S AN AGENDA IN FURTHERANCE OF YOUR Biafra MISCREANTS AGITATORS,,THEN IT BECOME A TRASON,THEN Y'ALL WILL HAV THEE WRATH OF FG TO CONTEND WITH BIG TIME

tonychristopher:


One if the despicable has spoken ..pls hear him out

zuchyblink:
this is going to be a great project. With this,i'm motivated to push for an only-igbo-biafra.

lygn19:

u guys are the ones that would ruin it with your Biafran tendencies, dont u know that by bringing in Bifran tendencies or secession into it u are giving the Nigerian govt a reason not to allow it, pls behave.

lygn19:
ve been doing q research about this sea access via igbo land and I would say its very possible, am not saying this because of Biafra but to make Igbo land viable.
The imo River empties into the Atlantic with Aba as the closest southeast city close to it, though aba is a litylr farther south of Aba we have azumini which shares boundary with Akwa ibom and Rivers the river is quite large to accommodate barges it can also accomodate some class and size of ship but the bridge between rivers state and Akwa ibom covers it.
So what we are to do is to make like an offshore port using the oil rig design but a very large one where our ships would berge then we offload them into smaller ships/barges which transport them directly to the southeast via Aba. below are mini pictures of what I have in mind we can expand on them.

relchange:
there is no SE governor with that type of sense, foresight, love for Igbo, or even vision to see this through
they are all hausa slaves

lygn19:
this is why u should agitate for one Nigeria, we would achieve feats like this without any extra cost since we are one country, we can advance igbo land to be highly industrial then buy up most of the land in Kogi, benue, cross river's, rivers state, akwa ibom and turn them into farmlands which will supply us agricultural raw materials for our factories without having to pay for customs or anything we can even sell our products in far away bornu and it would be profitable because they cannot raise boundary against us or place an embargo, why for Ecowas and the rest u must not go to Lagos or Ogun or Cross river to obtain paper to travel through ecowas countries for ur goods u can do it in igbo land and all u do is once u are at the boundary show them ur papers and pass and the revenue remains in igbo land.

HopeAtHand:


As much as i hate to admit it, but ure absolutely right..If Igbos play their politics right in Nigeria as Nigerians, they stand to benefit alot from Nigerian state..This project can be easily be achieved as a federal project thereby avoiding the cost being spread on the entire SE and also avoid the legal implications of criss-crossing other territories.

Jonathan lost his re-election and the Igbos went beserk.Igbos practically cried more than the bereaved..Igbos cried and are still crying when the Ijaws and SS have long moved on.Time and energy Igbos would have used for building political bridges and alliances were used to nag and wail.Lemme not even mention Nnamdi Kanu and his purposeless radio.

I'm happy though that some sensible Igbos are bringing up ideas but you guys will still need to play your politics at the centre right cos even with all the financial muscle, without the blessing of the FG, it is dead on arrival..And like someone opined, the Imo river passes through friendly territories.

I cant wait for Anaechi to start work, ND and Ikwerre in particular should benefit from Buhari.

lygn19:

the way u are talking is asif igbos want to steal the swamp away, dont worry we wont stop activities there after all the yorubas are the most intelligent businessmen on earth so if they dont come to the east to invest the ports wont work , so we would just build it for design . So dont be scared after all are we not the gala sellers and drug dealers again who only own 2 by 2 shops?

ruffDiamond:
yeah one of the LOw life hateful ,HaTEfiLLED born baby factory product child OF H-A-T-E HAS has fuvked her way to my mention *in fela s voice*b-East of no Nation

Kirigidi:
Don't get it twistd, I'm not Yoruba. I'm a Niger Deltan commentin frm Oron, Akwa-Ibom State. Guy, where in d whole world hav u seen one state (i.e. Abia) dredgin a river dat passes or flows thru anoda state (i.e. Rivers nd Akwa-Ibom) witout legal approval frm dat state? If rivers ar no-body's assets as some of u ar assumin, den, Republic of Mali, Republic of Niger nd Republic of Burkina-Faso wuldn't hav bin "landlocked" because d "River Niger" also flows thru dia lands . They wuld hav claimd right to dredge d River frm dia lands down thru Nigeria to d Niger-Delta coast.

Omololu007:
Ibos on dis thread they make me laugh out loud ...so the Mali government can wake up one day and start dredging the River Niger all the way from koulikoro in mali down to Niger,from Niger republic to benin republic,from benin republic to lokoja in Nigeria,from lokoja in Nigeria down to onitsha in the south eastern part of Nigeria,from onitsha down to the atlantic ocean all because they have the fund and the river Niger is an international water

tsdarkside:


i beg you,pleeeeeease,dont encourage them...its a bad idea.....they should learn to live with their brothers and sisters and fight with us to achieve a brighter future toghether...our problem is not a river,our problem is our leaders that we can not controll...we must find a way toghether to control our leaders....

btw...from were do you want to get this type of huge money to finance this ideas??.......wouldnt you still need the nigerians??...is it wise to make enemys out of the rest of nigeria,that can make everything much harder for you to achieve..??....

and i tell you,even if you succeed to leave nigeria,,,the nigerians will try everything to sabotage you...next step,would be war,what the nigerian goverment wants....they know,they can defeat you anytime....nigerian army would be activated to 100%...this is what they want,,,...war makes the economie thrieve....it is absurd...but its facts.....

Kirigidi:
Don't get it twistd, I'm not Yoruba. I'm a Niger Deltan commentin frm Oron, Akwa-Ibom State. Guy, where in d whole world hav u seen one state (i.e. Abia) dredgin a river dat passes or flows thru anoda state (i.e. Rivers nd Akwa-Ibom) witout legal approval frm dat state? If rivers ar no-body's assets as some of u ar assumin, den, Republic of Mali, Republic of Niger nd Republic of Burkina-Faso wuldn't hav bin "landlocked" because d "River Niger" also flows thru dia lands . They wuld hav claimd right to dredge d River frm dia lands down thru Nigeria to d Niger-Delta coast.

Kirigidi:
Don't get it twistd, I'm not Yoruba. I'm a Niger Deltan commentin frm Oron, Akwa-Ibom State. Guy, where in d whole world hav u seen one state (i.e. Abia) dredgin a river dat passes or flows thru anoda state (i.e. Rivers nd Akwa-Ibom) witout legal approval frm dat state? If rivers ar no-body's assets as some of u ar assumin, den, Republic of Mali, Republic of Niger nd Republic of Burkina-Faso wuldn't hav bin "landlocked" because d "River Niger" also flows thru dia lands . They wuld hav claimd right to dredge d River frm dia lands down thru Nigeria to d Niger-Delta coast.

KinkyAngela:
stop deluding yourself. Heeeboland WILL NEVER have a seaport. You worthless governors are yet to address the monstrous enviromental challenge you have i:e guelley erosion, but here you are, talking about seaport. LWKMD

itstpia8:
btw, New Orleans is below sea level, and the city has a system of canals and locks to prevent flooding. This may have also facilitated the development of such a large port inland.


Is Aba ( or the area pictured) below sea level?

This type of project would also involve large scale resettlement and displacement of the communities along the route. In short, they'd lose their lands.

ayoolanr:
I am just curious as heck, these biafrans are deluded! How can the SOUTH EAST HAVE A SEA PORT WHEN IT IS LAND LOCKED? DON'T THEY HAVE RESPECT FOR THE SS REGION? OR DO THEY THINK THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO A REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA AND BY EXTENSION THE SOUTH SOUTH HAS NO SAY AND MOST BE PART OF THEIR SOUTH EAST? I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE THEM TRY TO CONQUER SOUTH SOUTH....I TRUST THE NIGER DELTANS!!!