The Managing Director, Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, yesterday, said that the Tin-Can Island Port, TCIP and Lagos Port Complex, LPC, handle between 60 and 65 percent of cargoes coming into the country, a situation which may have contributed to the strain in the ports infrastructure.


Against this backdrop, the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Emmanuel Jime, said until focus was shifted to the development of Nigeria port infrastructure to international standard, it would be difficult to achieve the objective of becoming the maritime hub in the West Africa sub region.

They spoke at the breakfast meeting organised by Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria, MARAN, in Lagos.

Bello-Koko, in his address, said that the reconstruction of the Tin-Can Island key wall was top on the agenda of the infrastructural renewal of the NPA which covers all ports across the country.

Koko who was represented by the General Manger, MD’s office, Mr. Ayo Durowaye, said: “These ports have been in existence since 1977. Between TCIP and LPC, in terms of volume, they are handling between 60 and 65 percent of cargo that are coming into the country, what we have in terms of effect on the facility is not something that is new, but what we are talking about is the steps that have been taken to ensure that we keep those facilities running.

“The reconstruction of the Tin Can Island key wall is top on the agenda of the infrastructural renewal of NPA which covers all ports across the country.

TCIP is one of the busiest in the country. Ports in Lagos are handling beyond their capacity in the last 20 years in terms of cargo handling. When you look at the pressure on them you expect that we should begin to do something about it and indeed we are doing something”.

On his part, Jime said: “There is no debate about the quality of the infrastructure that is available in this industry. If we are going to be competitive and live up to our dream of becoming the maritime hub in the West Africa sub-region, then it is clear to me that unless and until we focus squarely on the development of our infrastructure and make them of international standard, we would never be able to achieve our objective.

FreeStuffsNG:
This is the Best Time to invest in Lagos and the neighbouring SW states!

Maize247:
65% is not that much considering the fact, that some people want the world to believe other ports are not working

dokyOloye:
65% of all the containers imported into the country end up in the South East

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/09/30/niwa-65-of-nigeria-bound-containers-end-up-in-onitsha-aba%3famp=1

helinues:


Lol. What's the population of people residing in SE?

Chai, make una dey reason things logically, forget about the bunkum link you attached

dokyOloye:

You are everywhere, every time.
Just because of 30k

dokyOloye:
65% of all the containers imported into the country end up in the South East

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/09/30/niwa-65-of-nigeria-bound-containers-end-up-in-onitsha-aba%3famp=1

Davicl:
Ok... a new port in the east and number drop drastically

ba7man:
This means the southeast are the biggest drain on our forex reserves.

You guys contribute the most to bringing pressure on the Naira and it's devaluation.

The less Nigeria imports, the stronger the Naira will be.

dokyOloye:

Which one are you ppl?
The greatest contributor via mineral resources aka SKULLarship?

dokyOloye:

Which one are you ppl?
The greatest contributor via mineral resources aka SKULLarship?

dokyOloye:

Exactly.
Imagine what would happen if there js a deliberate effort to make the other ports more effective?

SmartPolician:
Jonathan really messed up when he became the president of Nigeria. He had the opportunity to improve the ports in his region to some of the best in the world.

helinues:


What's the population of people in SE that 65% of containers imported to Lagos end up in SE?

What's the population of Lagos and Kano alone?

Make una dey start using this free gifted senses bikonu

helinues:


What happened to you? Are you envying the 30k work? If yes, come and take it

Gossiphub:


That's why you're an illiterate.

Two sources were provided for you to backup the argument, but you reduced it to population size.

Even your brothers and sisters jump early morning buses from Owo and the rest of SW to Onitsha everyday to buy goods.

Abii you no do economics for secondary school? To know the difference between wholesaler and retailer?

dokyOloye:

30k X 10 is minimum wage in my own industry.
Anu egbudu

ebufa:





na aboki go invest? you do not value what you have till you lose it! the game you guys are playing dey risky!

Jogs1900:

The other ports in the south south can't do more than what they are doing .If they can, Jonathan would have allowed them to function up to that capacity .Or is Jonathan that clueless that he didn't know what he would have done that would benefit his region ?

Gossiphub:


That's why you're an illiterate.

Two sources were provided for you to backup the argument, but you reduced it to population size.

Even your brothers and sisters jump early morning buses from Owo and the rest of SW to Onitsha and Aba everyday to buy goods.

Abii you no do economics for secondary school? To know the difference between wholesaler and retailer?

FreeStuffsNG:
Smh. Abeg, we don't want investments from your people who hate us. Na God we take beg you,take your 'investment' to where you love so that it can be rewarding there. If you bring it to our land where you hate its people, it will be futile and unfruitful.

BeautifulMind2:

Yoruba YouTuber documentary that visited commercial and industrial city of Southeast, here what he said after visiting many cities in the north, west and Southsouth, that's why they said a traveller poses more wisdom than a gray hair person not most ignorant minds from west
Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLtMO3_WaHs

dokyOloye:

They don't know.
When I served in the Yoruba speaking part of Kogi,I was shocked by the number of buses leaving Onitsha to Kogi,Ekiti,Ondo, Osun etc cos they usually loaded at same place.
There are more buses leaving Onitsha to the north compared to Lagos to the north.
For something like men's clothing, you will buy it cheaper in Onitsha compared to Lagos