Igbo land does not connect to the sea, however there are 4 deep sea ports located in warri, port harcourt, Onne (south of PH) and Calabar. Igbos in lagos have the choice to ship their products to any of those locations but they choose to go through Lagos.

Negro_Ntns:

A lot of these guys in Lagos that have succeeded in the typical fake product marketing are what in the igbo society would be called "osu". It does not matter how successful or well educated they are, their society discriminate against them. They are an outcast in that society and the osu stigma is lifelong. They cannot hold titles or lead the igbo tribe. Their relevance is limited to fellow osus like themselves.

As a result, they take any slight opportunity to get out of their discriminating society and go live in societies outside iboland that are more liberal and embracing of their humanity. Once they leave most never look back home. This is why inspite of many years of killing and oppression in North, they still prefer and loved that region far more than the oppression and indignity suffered in the hands of their own people back home. For this reason, iboland is deserted. It is not the industriousness that make them leave. . . they can be just as industrious on their soil, but rather the crime against their humanity.

They will never use ports in East, even if you dredge the Delta and bring the sea into iboland and build a world class harbour and port in there. . . . these guys will not go to iboland. Hence, as new structures and facilities are built in East. . . there is hardly anyone to use them and so they lay underutilized. A waste of money!

It is not a seaport that ibos need to go back home. . . . it is abolition of the osu caste.

GAR3TH:

Igbo land does not connect to the sea, however there are 4 deep sea ports located in warri, port harcourt, Onne (south of PH) and Calabar. Igbos in lagos have the choice to ship their products to any of those locations but they choose to go through Lagos.

kaysy:

You don't expect an Alaba man after importing through the lagos Apapa Port to transport his goods all the way to the South East just because he want to claim a patriotic igbo man

abi na lie?

Dede1:

@OP

You seem to catch the drift what is at stake here. Since after Nigeria/Baifra civil war, Nigerian citizenry has been divided into unaccountable group of people. There are those of them who wrongly or rightly assumed they were born to rule Nigeria. In addition, there are people who believed that being a helper to those who assumed the illusionary vision of born to rule are now in the driver’s seat to steer the economy of Nigeria and terrified by the relentless zeal of Igbo man to top the chart in economic activities. Also, there are much maligned groups of people who thought Igbo man is a danger to their survival in Nigeria and willing to remain saboteurs and backstabbers even when their home land could be used as compensation.

It is not a mere coincidence there is not natural deep water seaport in eastern region of Nigeria and no international airport in the same rank with MMA or NAA in Lagos and Abuja respectively. Nigeria and its leadership would rather have Nigeria disintegrated than allow Igbo man major points of contact with outside world located deep inside Igbo land or at the backside of Igbo land. It is an unqualified insult to international airports around the world to refer to Port Harcourt airstrip as international airport. Unfortunately, Port Harcourt seaport is not a natural deep water seaport and government of Nigeria will not dredge it. Since there were numerous economic activities taking shape in eastern region of Nigeria, I had assumed that Opobo would have attracted attention for Attention of natural deep water seaport project.

The talk about natural deep water seaport connected with Akwa Ibom State has been on and off. The culprits in these entire economic and political sagas are sons and daughters of eastern region of Nigeria who had stepped on the corridor of power in Nigeria and went to sleep with nonsensical and unpatriotic song of one and united Nigeria.

There is absolutely nothing about One-Nigeria and the unity people yarn about is akin to wild goose chase.

Negro_Ntns:

A lot of these guys in Lagos that have succeeded in the typical fake product marketing are what in the igbo society would be called "osu".  It does not matter how successful or well educated they are, their society discriminate against them.  They are an outcast in that society and the osu stigma is lifelong.  They cannot hold titles or lead the igbo tribe.  Their relevance is limited to fellow osus like themselves.  

As a result, they take any slight opportunity to get out of their discriminating society and go live in societies outside iboland that are more liberal and embracing of their humanity. Once they leave most never look back home.  This is why inspite of many years of killing and oppression in North, they still prefer and loved that region far more than the oppression and indignity suffered in the hands of their own people back home.  For this reason, iboland is deserted.  It is not the industriousness that make them leave. . . they can be just as industrious on their soil, but rather the crime against their humanity.  

They will never use ports in East, even if you dredge the Delta and bring the sea into iboland and build a world class harbour and port in there. . . . these guys will not go to iboland.  Hence, as new structures and facilities are built in East. . . there is hardly anyone to use them and so they lay underutilized.  A waste of money!  

It is not a seaport that ibos need to go back home. . . . it is abolition of the osu caste.  

stayreal:

Have you talked to these igbos to ask if they are "osu"? Many igbos are not practicing this belief anymore. I have many relatives that live in Lagos and are doing well. Real movers and shakers in lagos. So to assume that all or the majority of Igbos are "osu" in Lagos is silly. When Christmasn comes we know that the majority of Igbos go back East? This is a fact that cannot be disputed.

Onlytruth:

No my friend, the ONLY deep sea port in the East is still on drawing board, and that is at Ibaka in Akwa Ibom. All the rest you listed are not deep sea ports, thanks to neglect by the fed govt.
When Ibaka is completed, we shall then take stock.
You people should stop lying. It doesn't help your cause. 

how is Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne and calabar not deep sea ports? It seems you don't know what you are talking about or you just like to neglect the truth to satisfy your "igbo being marginalized" agenda. below is a picture of warri, port harcourt and onne port, as you can see they are deep sea ports and they are real. for god sake really, why argue on a subject like this  

Second these ports are up to international standards, As a matter of fact, warri, calabar and port harcourt all got equipment upgrades. Warri port is also currently under expansion which will add new docking terminals and a link to the rail network. To add to that Onne port is a recently constructed port in which construction of phase 1 was completed around 2006-2007. phase 2 and 3 are still under construction.

So tell me, which ports in the east are imaginary, because according to you there are no ports in the east. So tell me which port are outdated, because every port go upgrade, new ports such as onne were built and some are being expanded. So tell me how did you come up with your claims??

PROUD-IGBO:

^^^If they (Sons/Daughters of eastern region) like let them continue procrastinating and faffing about, instead of taking the bull by the horns and using the opportuntity of one of us being at the helm to fastrack the realization of critical projects located in the SE/SS. Jonathan has spent more than two years now as the de facto President still no functional Int'l Airport at Enugu; no functional River Port at Onitsha; no plans yet for any new employment generating industry (besides what we get in the general scheme of things); Tinapa is still underutilised; nothing cast in stone yet regarding the second Niger bridge; Ibaka deep Sea Port is still solely an Akwa Ibom State initiative with no financial commitment from the centre; etc, etc.

Had some other Region/People been in power at the centre, by now you would have heard of some mega-project (either Gov't funded, or they would help facilitate the use of private funds) being located in their region, and of course the major beneficiaries for employment (etc) would be individuals from that region b/4 others see anything.

After the civil war, there should have been a 'Marshal plan' type initiative to assist the Eastern Region with its recovery but nothing of the sort happened.

Knowing how unconcerned (let me not say wicked) others have been towards economic/social issues in the SE/SS, we would be stupi*d not to use this opportunity wisely.

Onlytruth:

^What I meant was NATURAL deep ports.
However, your point is taken that the ports are coming to live (read being upgraded). Whether they become fully functional is really the onus of the federal government.
Why should a business man in Onithsa or Aba choose to import through Lagos, when Warri or Onne is there

GAR3TH:

They are NATURAL deep sea ports. All ports are at ocean level and are deep enough for tankers to navigate and have open access to the ocean.

And all of them are fully functional btw, they were upgraded in the past.

Onlytruth:

^What I meant was NATURAL deep ports.
However, your point is taken that the ports are coming to live (read being upgraded). Whether they become fully functional is really the onus of the federal government.
Why should a business man in Onithsa or Aba choose to import through Lagos, when Warri or Onne is there?
Who likes suffering?

Onlytruth:

Now my turn.
Why do you think that they are not being used for importation by Igbos?
Do you know that HUGE numbers of the containers coming into Nigeria ends up in the East?

Onlytruth:

Now my turn.
Why do you think that they are not being used for importation by Igbos?
Do you know that HUGE numbers of the containers coming into Nigeria ends up in the East?

bashr8:

i dont even think most of them are aware they exist, i also heard clearing is more expensive in ph port but faster and not all shipping companies operate there

Onlytruth:

Hmm. I think the two bolded must be the problem then.
I think maybe there are not enough shipping companies operating out of there.

bashr8:

yeah but its more risky to import from lagos you might end up loosing your goods on the terrible high ways ,the issue is that most importers are not aware of it , the ones i work with just got to know about it early last year and since then they have never step foot in lagos again cus[b] at the end of the day you spend more money going to lagos on other logistics and insurance plus bad roads and bribe and wait time.[/b]

macjive01:

ONNE is not a deep water port. if u take a look at the port u wud see that there is no provision for cranes, onne port is basically for oil companies and their products.

manny4life:

I know someone isn't talking about facts and figures,  I believe he's given you his own self accessed info.

LoL couldn't help but laugh key word, you believe

GAR3TH:

LoL couldn't help but laugh key word, you believe