remedick:


How will "major seaport in the SS/SE wil industrialize this country faster than you think" ? Is that possible without constant power supply? Me think industrialization is heavily hinge on electricity and nothing else, so can a sea port industrialize Nigeria in the absence of power supply in constant flow?

remedick:


How will "major seaport in the SS/SE wil industrialize this country faster than you think" ? Is that possible without constant power supply? Me think industrialization is heavily hinge on electricity and nothing else, so can a sea port industrialize Nigeria in the absence of power supply in constant flow?

SoulSearching:
Akwa ibom already produces sufficient electricity but has to share it with the Nigerian national grid

phantom:
i mentioned it another thread that a major seaport in ibaka( deeper than apapa even without dredging) will finish lagos in a couple of years.
The truth is most importers are igbos. If this port comes to fruition, the south east/ south south will be the main nexus whether you yorubas like it or not.
You dont like to hear the truth but its actually the igbos that are keeping lagos afloat. About 70% of our imports are headed to the SE/SS. Once they build this port, a lot of importers will not bother using apapa or tincan.
A major seaport NEAR igboland will change this country for good. mark my words! If only we were truly "a nation" with love for each other, a major seaport in the SS/SE wil industrialize this country faster than you think.
Do you know how much an aba based shoemaker will save if he's imports are just 1 or 2 hours drive away from his factory. More companies will spring up. innoson will import his parts through ibaka because his factories are in enugu.
The advantages to the SE/SS is enormous.

Originalsly:


Why do we still believe Free Trade Zone is a good development?...when in fact it is an exploitation of cheap labour , often an environmental danger and robs the country of revenue....the reason why FTZ are never in developed countries. The companies pretty much have "diplomatic immunity' in that they are not bound by local laws in the FTZ...they make their own rules...pay workers what they want to...usually impose fines for every little thing to reduce the little they pay. ..dump whatever toxic waste destroying the environment and when all is done...pack up and move on to the next location. But this...we call development...foreign investment.
@ topic...Deepwater port...excellent...location...great. But how would goods be transported to and from the port? There is no talk of constructing a suitable road network. Sooo short sighted.

As an exporter, your company should also consider the customs privileges of U.S. foreign trade zones (FTZs). These zones are domestic U.S. sites that are considered outside U.S. Customs territory and are available for activities that might otherwise be carried on overseas for customs reasons. For export operations, the zones provide accelerated export status for purposes of excise tax rebates. There is no issue of drawback because duties are not collected when the goods are in the FTZ. For import and reexport activities, no customs duties, federal excise taxes, or state or local ad valorem taxes are charged on foreign goods moved into FTZs unless and until the goods or products made from them are moved into U.S. Customs territory. Thus, FTZs can be profitable for operations involving foreign dutiable materials and components being assembled or produced here for reexport. Also, no quota restrictions ordinarily apply to export activity.



https://enforcement.trade.gov/ftzpage/letters/ftzlist-map.html

deomelllo:




According to you, 70% of the goods entering Nigeria with almost 200 million people is sent to a regions with meager population, the lowest economic activities and purchasing power?


Exactly what are they doing in the SE and SS with massive 70% of Nigerian imports?

Do they have larger markets and purchasing power in the SS and SE than Lagos state?

Do they have more imports and raw material consuming industries than Lagos state and Ogun state

Lastly, consuming 70% of Nigerian imports means not only massive industrial and market consumption, but huge IGR figures in the SS/SE.

So, why are the IGRs in the SE/SS are the lowest in Nigeria?



I know you people love to throw around fake and imaginary figures, but try add common sense and logic to your senseless and illogical claims.

ELKHALIFAISIS:
please you should let the east and their brothers from SS do the worrying... u are shedding tears more than the bereaved, let have seaport across Niger bridge let see how it goes... The Yoruba's come up with insolent lies and blame the non functionality of ports in South South and South East regions to be attributed to insecurity in the South South region. I then ask: How come this same 'insecurity' didn't stop petroleum activities in that same region the way it 'affected' port activities?

remedick:


How will "major seaport in the SS/SE wil industrialize this country faster than you think" ? Is that possible without constant power supply? Me think industrialization is heavily hinge on electricity and nothing else, so can a sea port industrialize Nigeria in the absence of power supply in constant flow?

0monnak0da:
You are trying to reason with a dunce whose only focus is on importing without thinking that somehow imports must be paid for. They have no idea of how to grow the economy other than spending oil receipts on consumption . Who then are the biggest parasites?

Those countries we import from Would they manufacture anything if all they know is to load containers with rubbish.

Instead of talking about how to industrialize the country they are talking about how better to import and consume without production.
Switzerland is a landlocked country that has not held them back so stop pretending that is why the SE is so derelict
Nothing wrong with having as many orts as possible .Many of the losers secretly hope it will be the demise of Lagos not knowing Lagos will ALWAYS be ahead because we have visionary leaders..

In all honesty I hope the port is delivered but I know that Udom cannot deliver it . He does not have the competence given his antecedents.unless we see $100 oil before he vacates office.

Guestlander:


Port is located at Akwa Ibom, I hope you don't jinx it with tribalism like you did to Jonathan''s re-election.

E[b]LKHALIFAISIS:[/b]
because the one in Lagos will be useless if this one get head... who go dey happy when his source of income won close... west can't do without east patronage, give them standard airport/seaport and watch as lagoon crumble

SoulSearching:
I think every city (I view those Nigerians states as cities because they're small) should produce their own electricity . Tokyo is atleast twice larger than Akwa ibom .Los Angeles is atleast twice larger than Akwa ibom.


even If only Lagos city and Akwa ibom city have constant power supply in Nigeria, that would be progress made.

deomelllo:




Igbos here on NL made the same meaningless claims about their onisha river port, but where are we today?


There are many seaports in that region already and Lagos is still standing so of what relevance is another drawing board and imaginary port?



You people need to get real.

jomonic:


Even if the truth comes in a basin of amala you still will not see it. My job is not to teach you history.

wtfcoded:

Can u please name the sea port(s) in the eastern region

EternalTruths:


More entrepreneurs will become more successful and build multinational industries on the long run

remedick:
what will the industries run on to operate their machines? To the best of my knowledge, the East does not even enjoy much power supply... so what will the machines in the East work with?

remedick:
what will the industries run on to operate their machines? To the best of my knowledge, the East does not even enjoy much power supply... so what will the machines in the East work with?

0monnak0da:

Port Harcourt ,Calabar and Onne are functional ports in that region

0monnak0da:

Port Harcourt ,Calabar and Onne are functional ports in that region

deomelllo:



[s]
According to you, 70% of the goods entering Nigeria with almost 200 million people is sent to 2 regions with meager population, the lowest economic activities and purchasing power?


Exactly what are they doing in the SE and SS with massive 70% of Nigerian imports?

Do they have larger markets and purchasing power in the SS and SE than Lagos state?

Do they have more imports and raw material consuming industries than Lagos state and Ogun state

Lastly, consuming 70% of Nigerian imports means not only massive industrial and market consumption, but huge IGR figures in the SS/SE.

So, why are the IGRs in the SE/SS the lowest in Nigeria?



I know you people love to throw around fake and imaginary figures, but try add common sense and logic to your senseless and illogical claims.[/s]

0monnak0da:

[s]Port Harcourt ,Calabar and Onne are functional ports in that region [/s]

EternalTruths:


Between the East and West, which region has more Natural Gas to power their Generators.

EternalTruths:


Don't mind Afonjas.

Piracy can never stop the exportation of oil but is able to stop the importation/exportation of Eastern goods according to descendants of the fallen angel.

remedick:
While I undestand where u are driving at, i will ask again: What are the EASTER LEADERS doing about it?

SoulSearching:
Nigeria is a poor country when you consider the GDP per capita. Nigeria does not export or even import enough to need more than one seaport .Nigeria has not achieved it's full potential .the only thing being exported from Nigeria at the moment is Oil. and the oil is actually exported directly from the reservoirs. For example , the oil is shipped directly from the shores of Akwa ibom and river state ,not Lagos .
in fact, the Lagos seaport 95 percent importing and 5 percent exporting.

0monnak0da:


If there is evacuation infrastructure in place then the Akwa Ibom port will be a great success. The question is where will the money for that come from.

The other thing to bear in mind is our import consumption model is not sustainable if crude oil is the only way of paying for imports so we need to be thinking of ports that export not just import.[/b]

Originalsly:


Why do we still believe Free Trade Zone is a good development?...when in fact it is an exploitation of cheap labour , often an environmental danger and robs the country of revenue....the reason why FTZ are never in developed countries. The companies pretty much have "diplomatic immunity' in that they are not bound by local laws in the FTZ...they make their own rules...pay workers what they want to...usually impose fines for every little thing to reduce the little they pay. ..dump whatever toxic waste destroying the environment and when all is done...pack up and move on to the next location. But this...we call development...foreign investment.
@ topic...Deepwater port...excellent...location...great. But how would goods be transported to and from the port? There is no talk of constructing a suitable road network. Sooo short sighted.

Ibime:


It is a white elephant project. Ships do not pass Niger Delta due to Insurance premiums doubling from pirates. Friend of mine who works in maritime comms in UK said they get more distress calls from Nigeria than Somalia. Infact most of their calls are from Nigeria.

We already have Port Harcourt and Calabar which are hardly used. Any eediot knows the priority should be tackling piracy, not planning a new port. Not sure if our useless Navy have the capacity or skills.

post=65555137:

To many ignorants folks here which one is Port Harcourt? Onne port provides logistics for Oil & Gas firms, also Service centre for the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria both Onshore and Offshore. Calaba port not yet dredge