From JeffAmechi Agbodo, Onitsha

The Anambra State Shippers Association has called on the Federal Government to gazette Onitsha River-Port as final destination for container goods coming into the country.

This was just as the association commended the government for making Warri Seaport functional as wharf of final destination for cargo goods.

The President of the association, Mr. Emma Akpaka, made the call at the weekend, in Onitsha, while speaking with newsmen on the recent move by the association to adopt Warri wharf as destination for all its container goods.

He noted that Warri Port was cut off from cargo transportation for about 10 years on flimsy excuses, as if deposits of many natural resources in Nigeria were a divine mistake.

“When the news filtered in that it has opened for business, shippers doubted it until Julius Berger Services Nig. Ltd assembled importers/exporters on August 5 in Onitsha and August 6 in Nnewi, to confirm the good news.

“Another spice to the business in Warri wharf is that Julius Berger Services has floated vessels that carry containers from any location in the world to Warri Port at cheaper rate.

“Anambra shippers received this information with skepticism until Mr. Thilo Ackermann, the General Manager of the company, took enough time to convince shippers that the company ventured into shipping after a solid foundation that equally considered the reputation of the mother company.”

He said it was excitement galore as shippers in the state heaved a sigh of relief that henceforth, their containers will come through Warri Port faster and cheaper.

The shippers’ boss said his association decided to work in Warri Port because of its proximity to Onitsha and Nnewi, the commercial and industrial hubs of the South-East respectively.

However, he urged that the Customs and other relevant agencies should be transparent and avoid, “strange and frustrating rules that breed suspicion.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/onitsha-port-anambra-shippers-task-fg/

Good move. Lagos must be decongested.

Mbkite:
Ok

wetin be ''OK''?

yoruba people will not be happy with this news..

You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

Igbos need to set their priority right, you want biafra, yet you looking for positions and 2nd Niger bridge etc.

You should ask nnamdi kalu to give you seaport.

I don't just know what 2 type

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

Envy can only lead to hell.

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

since onitsha is still in nigeria and not in biafra,I see no reason we shouldn't ask for a seaport in another part of nigeria. Afterall, its one nigeria na.

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

As long as Igbos are Nigerians then they have legitimate rights to demand development. Besides it is a Federal matter so it is for the entire country. It's no crime if we have multiple commercial seaports especially if we have the natural capacity as blessed by nature.

If there will be a break then it comes when it will. Until then Nigerians will not sit and fold their arms. Or will u ask them to stop paying taxes because they want Biafra?

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

very myopic point of view...lets discuss the subject matter and the pros and cons of the latest development...

good development,a functional seaport in warri will make lagos a glorified village

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

no matter the amount of juju you do,ur ppl can never attain the height of Igbos both locally and internationally

why not task the international fraudster nnamdi kanu

Nigeria is a combination of OIL and WATER that can never MIX ''Biafra is our religion is the height of patrotism''

Agents of tribalism please lets not derail this lmportant thread/topic.

Thank you..

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

Igbos need to set their priority right, you want biafra, yet you looking for positions and 2nd Niger bridge etc.

You should ask nnamdi kalu to give you seaport.

I thought u were claiming SS yesterday
Now u're upset that a seaport is coming to the area.

See why busting u SS or Igbo wannabes is always a piece of cake?

We Asaba people want the 2nd Niger Bridge to be completed, time have come to patner fully with our Onitcha brothers in Trade and Commerce partnership...

Rose2014:

I thought u were claiming SS yesterday Now u're upset that a seaport is coming to the area.
See why busting u SS or Igbo wannabes is always a piece of cake?

I'm @proudly SS

Very good news. Lagos will definitely lose heavy revenue to Warri. Gradually igbos are getting there. Thanks be to God.

OZAOEKPE:

I'm @proudly SS

I can see you are

Rose2014:


I can see you are

Don't you think kalu is a big joke, he stays in london and spew rubbish. He should come and lead the war, he's a coward.

We need Custom Area Office in Asaba/Onitsha axis! Very important!

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

Igbos need to set their priority right, you want biafra, yet you looking for positions and 2nd Niger bridge etc.

You should ask nnamdi kalu to give you seaport.

Wetin concerned you....why crying on our behalf...now which one are you ready to give? Silly foo.ls

OZAOEKPE:

Don't you think kalu is a big joke, he stays in london and spew rubbish. He should come and lead the war, he's a coward.

Hello SSner

What has Kanu got to do with the topic?

ok

OZAOEKPE:
You want Biafra and now you want seaport, you guys should stick to one. Tomorrow , they will ask for 2nd Niger bridge

Igbos need to set their priority right, you want biafra, yet you looking for positions and 2nd Niger bridge etc.

You should ask nnamdi kalu to give you seaport.

Watch your utterance

Aside having a river port at Onitsha, i want the likes of Ifeanyi Ubah, Chicason group,Capt Emmanuel Iheanacho, CEO Masters Energy and other players in the Oil and Gas Sector to build petroleum Tank farms by Inland waters there..We must not continue to depend on Lagos for products..Our brothers at the Delta Side needs to patner with their other brothers across the Niger to build capacity that will create jobs and business environment..

We should develop an environment where we will not all come to Lagos in search of jobs... The tribalism level in Lagos is something else..Hardly for someone who is not a yoruba to rent a house in lagos..

alcmene:

Watch your utterance

Even kalu won't say that, how dare you?

175:
We need Custom Area Office in Asaba/Onitsha axis! Very important!

very very important my brother..we need to improve in job creation

OZAOEKPE:

Don't you think kalu is a big joke, he stays in london and spew rubbish. He should come and lead the war, he's a coward.

Please this thread is about seaport and has nothing to do with Kanu/Biafra or what have you...Lets keep sanity in this thread

GEJman:
Aside having a river port at Onitsha, i want the likes of Ifeanyi Ubah, Chicason group,Capt Emmanuel Iheanacho, CEO Masters Energy and other players in the Oil and Gas Sector to build petroleum Tank farms by Inland waters there..We must not continue to depend on Lagos for products..Our brothers at the Delta Side needs to patner with their other brothers across the Niger to build capacity that will create jobs and business environment..

We should develop an environment where we will not all come to Lagos in search of jobs... The tribalism level in Lagos is something else..Hardly for someone who is not a yoruba to rent a house in lagos..

You get petrol? You guys are just too greedy.

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Rose2014:


I thought u were claiming SS yesterday
Now u're upset that a seaport is coming to the area.

See why busting u SS or Igbo wannabes is always a piece of cake?

my broda many of them claiming igbos are impostors doing their very best to discredit ndi igbo and cause disaffection between us and various other ethnic groups in Nigeria.

Ndi Igbo will surely survive their hate and misinformation.