The Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has disclosed that the ongoing dredging of inland waterways in Lokoja, Kogi State and Oguta, Imo State are 75 per cent completed.

NIWA, in a statement on Monday by its Public Relations Officer, Mr Jibril Dardau, noted that the agency has achieved a lot in the development of inland waterways system in Nigeria since 2015 when the present regime came on board.


According to him, “Having completed one of our major ports in Baro in Niger State, we are currently working on the port in Lokoja, Kogi State and it is almost 75 per cent completed. Besides that, we have also put in programmes for the channel management of Rivers Niger and Benue.

“That apart, our expectations from the 2018 budget is that we intend to complete the Lokoja port, so also intend to start the actual river training works of Baro to Lokoja. We are also going to buy batches to start moving cargoes from Lagos port to Onitsha and Baro.”

Dardau, said: “We are going to buy additional dredgers to enhance our capacity for in-house maintenance dredging of the channels. The port will be completed before the end of the year, as soon as the budget implementation starts, we will swing into action.

“Onitsha has been concessioned already, so operations will start any moment from now. We will also complete Oguta port in Imo State before the end of the year. It is 75 per cent completed, so we are looking at Lokoja, Oguta ports to be completed in 2018 but in 2019 we will commence the Makurdi port, we develop port as the needs arise, in phases.”

He added: “At the time Onitsha, Lokoja and Baro ports come into operation, more than 2,000 direct and indirect jobs will be created because the operations of these ports would attract infrastructure like farms, the port will be connected with rail, companies within the ports will also be handy to utilise this ports.

“The dredging maintenance from Ajeokuta-Onitsha will be done this year as soon as the budget is ready for implementation. We just completed the maintenance dredging from Baro to Idah in Kogi State and we are acquiring additional two dredgers from our 2018 budget and every year we will be adding until we have a poll of sufficient number of dredgers that we can maintain.”

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NIWA should make haste with the dredging so that ships can berth in other ports apart from those in Lagos.
I am tired of unnecessary traffic caused by trucks parked carelessly on Lagos roads.

In other news, this is my first FTC since joining NL ages ago. Click LIKE for no reasons.

The only completed project in this lie lie administration is the Nigerian airways logo

this dosent look like port but a jetty

woow, so soon I can cruize with my yatch from Osha to Kogi for functions.

Asides the insecurity issues, PMB is doing great.

If you have any registered youth group kindly contact me.

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omocalabar:
The only completed project in this lie lie administration is the Nigerian airways logo

Ur mouth there

Ok

It is only Onitsha Port that is viable and to a lesser extent Lakoja port, all other ports are just a waste of resources because even investors or concessionaires would not even touch those ports. Converting them to ordinary warehouses would be more profitable.

I just want #endsars to take its existence,nothing more .

story for the gods... venue to pocket billions..

Nonsense That work has been on since president Yaradua

Same thing was said 3 years ago about Onitsha port

lies everywhere..... like no be our same kogi

PUSSYBBQGRILLS:
Asides the insecurity issues, PMB is doing great.

You spoke my mind

wat will now happen to rivers and calabar seaport?

blackaxe78:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)

AMIN

kogi state is in d news for good thing this year.....thank God

The best president so far, and the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of Biafra will not like this achievement.

They don't even have pictures to defend their lying, using picture of ( flt onne ) to cover there lies...... Show us lokoja or oguta port pictures.

Please which side of lokoja is this project going on?. Hmmm am in lokoja and I can't see what this headline is saying

blackaxe78:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)

celebrating mediocrity, what's special in port. I pity you

omocalabar:
The only completed project in this lie lie administration is the Nigerian airways logo

A child born of hatred will never have eyes to see good things... Forward ever backward never. Sixteen yrs of pee dee pee, corruption n embezzlement is their proactive government.

skallion7:
celebrating mediocrity, what's special in port. I pity you

You are one of the people dat cry for dis port, now, hatred has blindfold ur eyes.... Never blame you because u have not move an inch from your potopoto republic

frowland:
woow, so soon I can cruize with my yatch from Osha to Kogi for functions.

I dey parlour, if u wake let me know