ikdaddy01:

The politics of our imports and water ways are beyond measure.
Prof okonjo saw a bit of it in the wharfs.
If it happens Lagos will to a great extent loose their IGR.
Up till now, all other sea ports in the SE and SS are none functional

But, according to the Managing Director of Oktopo Logistics Limited, Mr. Samuel Elem, the facilities at river port in the city were wasting due to lack of patronage

Also, Managing Director of Sceptre Consult, Mr Ayodele Jayeola, who said the port was strategic to Warri, Rivers and Onne ports, explained that importers were reluctant to move their cargo through the port because the river was not deep enough

However, he explained that insecurity along the river creeks and estuaries may have created fear in the minds of shippers.
According to him, “nobody would want to risk transporting his consignments where they would not be delivered safely. Everybody knows what has been happening in the Niger Delta areas. The means of conveying the cargoes to the port can be hijacked by thieves.

Bolustical:

Blue3k2: :
But, according to the Managing Director of Oktopo Logistics Limited, Mr. Samuel Elem, the facilities at river port in the city were wasting due to lack of patronage.

Open up the ports in the east and see if Lagos will not be paralysed!!!

Soulsymbol99: Lagos will never allow dat. Cos if there is a port in onitsha, wot is an ibo businessman goin 2 look 4 in lagos. The Tinubu's of this world will never allow it,Make there IGR fall.

ikdaddy01: :
The politics of our imports and water ways are beyond measure.
Prof okonjo saw a bit of it in the wharfs.
If it happens Lagos will to a great extent loose their IGR.
Up till now, all other sea ports in the SE and SS are none functional

Now they have it but they prefer to die in Lagos ports

BTW, the LOW PATRONAGE is the fault of the ABOKIS & AFONJAS
These people are funny!!!

BabaRamota1980:
Oooh, before I forget, my Yoruba brothers, if you havent already saved the text of that news article please return to page 1 and do so.

I read it twice, there are many pressure issues and disclosures captured in that one report. You will need this as a stick to flogg yanminri at a time in future. Save it!

LaudableXX:


You are the undiscerning one. First, you quote a non-existent phrase which was not even in the original article. Next, you engage in lies in a bid to dodge and confuse people, about the real issue. Grow up.

Idrismusty97:

laudate: :
And to think that their brother Rotimi Amaechi, has been the Minister of Transport for the past 3 years. sad All the members of the House of Reps in Anambra, as well as SE senators from the zone, that should draw attention to the problem, are still on break, not so? shocked

Five years ago? Started during Jonathan tenure right? Just letting some people know.

LZAA:

Another Bmc spewing lies
Lagos was d former national capital hence its development
Btw na only lagos dy SW sef
No wonder laudate is claiming SS
cc immhotep Roger3D DaBullIT justiceleague1

But, according to the Managing Director of Oktopo Logistics Limited, Mr. Samuel Elem, the facilities at river port in the city were wasting due to lack of patronage

According to him, “nobody would want to risk transporting his consignments where they would not be delivered safely. Everybody knows what has been happening in the Niger Delta areas. The means of conveying the cargoes to the port can be hijacked by thieves.”

LZAA:

Afonjic forming south south
Ur lies were exposed due to ur inability to conceal igbophobia
Cc immhotep iceberg3 pointzerom DaBullIT

SuperS1Panther:
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Na lie go kill these yeyenatu Osus and pigidiotic Ojukwus

You said more than this when Stealer Oduah was commissioning your Water Logged Intergalactic Airport at Enugu.

Blue3k2:
Anyone have any guesses when the four river ports will be ready. I'll guess 2019-2020 for Onitsha along with ICD. I doubt world world bank would waste their time. They'll be featured together back to back.

Im not sure how gazetting process works but I would think you gazette port after you get consessionsire to manage it. Its weird port inaugurated 2012 with no consessionsire or no gazzetting done. Anyway I'll email the NSC, NIMAS and FMoT ask why. Maybe they'll have an answer.

Ps: these threads get stupid fast but they're entertaining.

Abagworo:
The problem is simply insecurity of Niger Delta waterways and rejection by Ijaws of the attempted dredging of the river. There reason is that the environmental impact assessment suggested possible dry up of some rivers and overflow of others with negative impact on riverine communities.

BabaRamota1980:


True Entrepreneurs are very resourceful, they will use a meagre 4b naira equipment to produce a 20bn market. Thats a 1:5 ratio.

Ibos have done this repeatedly in Lagos. Why cant you do it at home?
Ill tell you why....

Lack of an ennabling environment! Thats why.

The Lagos society today is what the Ibadan society of early 1900s was.

The Ibadan society of 1900s is what the Ilorin society of 1800s was.

There is lesson to be learnt. Ibos ignore history and precedence...rather than turn Onitsha into an ennabling economy, you continue to multiply abilities in Lagos, at the cost of developing your homeland.

We are not fooled....we can see through the facade and recognize Ohanaeze's demand for restructuring as a camouflage. What is there in Iboland for the citizens of Eastern region to return to? Absolutely nothing!

Ohanaeze is trapped, so is the general Ibo populace....but you continue to deny the obvious.


Now, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo had proposed at one point for Federal Government to hand over the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over for them to manage. FG declined.

We have asked to be given our waterways, FG declined.

We believe we can do a better job than FG in the maintenance of our region and the public space.


On 4th Mainland Bridge....lets to the Ikoyi-Lekki Bridge first. Any bridge that transverse a waterway in Lagos must first get FG approval and right of way before it can be built. Ikoyi-Lekki Bridge construction went to court and dispute resolution before it was opened.

4th Mainland Bridge is suffering same fate.

Even if SE Governors were to build a bridge over Niger they must obtain prior approval from FG. So we are not blind to the restraints your governors face in SE. But they are not in the predicament alone. Yoruba face the same thing. The difference is..... this badge of Entrepreneurship that Ibo prides itself with is truly not a unique skill. If it was we should already have mega markets and industries in East. You have a streak of individual surge at opportunities presented in ennabling environment and you succeed at it. When the environment is withdrawn you are helpless and have no ingenuity to duplicate it to your favor.

If you put Yoruba in Onitsha they will create ennabling market overnight and sustain its growth. If you take Onitsha from them they will reproduce the market in a new environment.

Yoruba is the true Entrepreneur and genius of commerce. But heirarchy restrains our surge and we develop over time but sustained.

Bolustical:

Open up the ports in the east and see if Lagos will not be paralysed!!!

Now they have it but they prefer to die in Lagos ports

BTW, the LOW PATRONAGE is the fault of the ABOKIS & AFONJAS
These people are funny!!!

Blue3k2:


Source: https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/05/n4bn-port-facilities-decay-at-onitsha-5-years-after/

Jaideyone:
stop making a fool of yourself. we've all seen pictures of Lagos on the 40s and 50s here on nairaland long before it became the capital of Nigeria. Lagos was not the only capital before independence.

why is calabar, asaba (and even Ibadan and lokoja where lord luggard stayed and officiated from) not as developed as Lagos?

after almost 30yrs why is abuja still struggling to catch up with Lagos? why does Abuja still have less than 1/4 of the population of Lagos?

Lagos is what it is today primarily because of the commercial activities which started decades before amalgamation!!!
the Portuguese traded in Lagos and people came from far and wide to trade with them to buy guns and other items.

Lagos is also what it is today because of the effort of tinubu and successive governments. we all know how Lagos was left to rot by the country and how obj our own brother tried to starve the state of funds.

Lagos is also what it is today because of security of lives and goods to a good extent and the warm nature of south westerners.

are you blind? can't you see this part of the write up?



and this



you encourage millitants to blow up pipelines and fight the government but the same millitants also rob your business men and kill them. yet you expect them not to run to a safer region for business?

secure your region and stop making excuses for the development Lagos is enjoying. if you secure your region your business men will use your ports and Lagos can have breathing space.

don't even tell me I don't know what i'm saying cos I'm in the pharmaceutical industry. I stayed in cross River and akwa ibom state 2014 to late 2015. I left because I was robbed, shot on the right side of my chest and left to die. I barely escaped with my life and I had to run back home in the southwest immediately I recovered. Armed robbery is a daily activity in those two states and I can attest to it.

tell your brothers to stop killing businesses with militancy and robbery and your region will get investors. will dangote not have preferred to put his refinery in delta, rivers or akwa ibom if he's sure his investment will be safe? but he moved it down here cos the region is not secure.

some south south and south east youths are still blaming Lagos for their lack of development when they've refused to address the issue of militancy and robberies.


before you say I'm lying attached is the picture of the scar on the right side of my chest from the robbery attack. even though I made good money there it's a warning to never venture to that side of the country for business again cos life is more precious.

DabuIIIT:


who dash that bmc zmB SS,hes from benue.
Hes busy packing poo all over Sw cos he was promised Honorary Yoruba by coneheads.
I will show you.

Jaideyone:
stop making a fool of yourself. we've all seen pictures of Lagos on the 40s and 50s here on nairaland long before it became the capital of Nigeria. Lagos was not the only capital before independence.

why is calabar, asaba (and even Ibadan and lokoja where lord luggard stayed and officiated from) not as developed as Lagos?

after almost 30yrs why is abuja still struggling to catch up with Lagos? why does Abuja still have less than 1/4 of the population of Lagos?

Lagos is what it is today primarily because of the commercial activities which started decades before amalgamation!!!
the Portuguese traded in Lagos and people came from far and wide to trade with them to buy guns and other items.

Lagos is also what it is today because of the effort of tinubu and successive governments. we all know how Lagos was left to rot by the country and how obj our own brother tried to starve the state of funds.

Lagos is also what it is today because of security of lives and goods to a good extent and the warm nature of south westerners.

are you blind? can't you see this part of the write up?



and this



you encourage millitants to blow up pipelines and fight the government but the same millitants also rob your business men and kill them. yet you expect them not to run to a safer region for business?

secure your region and stop making excuses for the development Lagos is enjoying. if you secure your region your business men will use your ports and Lagos can have breathing space.

don't even tell me I don't know what i'm saying cos I'm in the pharmaceutical industry. I stayed in cross River and akwa ibom state 2014 to late 2015. I left because I was robbed, shot on the right side of my chest and left to die. I barely escaped with my life and I had to run back home in the southwest immediately I recovered. Armed robbery is a daily activity in those two states and I can attest to it.

tell your brothers to stop killing businesses with militancy and robbery and your region will get investors. will dangote not have preferred to put his refinery in delta, rivers or akwa ibom if he's sure his investment will be safe? but he moved it down here cos the region is not secure.

some south south and south east youths are still blaming Lagos for their lack of development when they've refused to address the issue of militancy and robberies.


before you say I'm lying attached is the picture of the scar on the right side of my chest from the robbery attack. even though I made good money there it's a warning to never venture to that side of the country for business again cos life is more precious.

LZAA:

Omo even ur own elders have complained of ports congestion ffs

Jaideyone:
yes they have complained but the southwest can build as much 10 ports. there is one planned for badagry and the one for epe is already under construction. Ondo state has a coast line that can take at least two deep sea ports, ogun can build one or two too. don't address the security challenges in your region and be complaining Lagos and south west is taking everything when badagry and epe are completed and they start getting good traffic see if apapa won't be decongested your wailing has just started


modified sooner or later ijebu waterside in ogun will also get a sea port have you seen the kind of development going on in ogun state already? you will come here in 15-20yrs and tell us it's because ogun produced a president and a VP that the state is developed

DabuIIIT:


chai! Holy smoke! You were shot!
Are you sure your story wasnt featured on here? Thank God for you sha.

Anyway,this aint in support of crime buh the govt is largely to blame for militancy and criminality in the oil rich niger delta.

LZAA:

Good good
Build it and stop worrying about biafra kikikiki
Cc DaBullIT immhotep weyreypey justiceleague1

BabaRamota1980:


True Entrepreneurs are very resourceful, they will use a meagre 4b naira equipment to produce a 20bn market. Thats a 1:5 ratio.

Ibos have done this repeatedly in Lagos. Why cant you do it at home?
Ill tell you why....

Lack of an ennabling environment! Thats why.

The Lagos society today is what the Ibadan society of early 1900s was.

The Ibadan society of 1900s is what the Ilorin society of 1800s was.

There is lesson to be learnt. Ibos ignore history and precedence...rather than turn Onitsha into an ennabling economy, you continue to multiply abilities in Lagos, at the cost of developing your homeland.

We are not fooled....we can see through the facade and recognize Ohanaeze's demand for restructuring as a camouflage. What is there in Iboland for the citizens of Eastern region to return to? Absolutely nothing!

Ohanaeze is trapped, so is the general Ibo populace....but you continue to deny the obvious.


Now, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo had proposed at one point for Federal Government to hand over the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over for them to manage. FG declined.

We have asked to be given our waterways, FG declined.

We believe we can do a better job than FG in the maintenance of our region and the public space.


On 4th Mainland Bridge....lets to the Ikoyi-Lekki Bridge first. Any bridge that transverse a waterway in Lagos must first get FG approval and right of way before it can be built. Ikoyi-Lekki Bridge construction went to court and dispute resolution before it was opened.

4th Mainland Bridge is suffering same fate.

Even if SE Governors were to build a bridge over Niger they must obtain prior approval from FG. So we are not blind to the restraints your governors face in SE. But they are not in the predicament alone. Yoruba face the same thing. The difference is..... this badge of Entrepreneurship that Ibo prides itself with is truly not a unique skill. If it was we should already have mega markets and industries in East. You have a streak of individual surge at opportunities presented in ennabling environment and you succeed at it. When the environment is withdrawn you are helpless and have no ingenuity to duplicate it to your favor.

If you put Yoruba in Onitsha they will create ennabling market overnight and sustain its growth. If you take Onitsha from them they will reproduce the market in a new environment.

Yoruba is the true Entrepreneur and genius of commerce. But heirarchy restrains our surge and we develop over time but sustained.

LZAA:

Omo even ur own elders have complained of ports congestion ffs

Obi1kenobi:


An extensive list of self-delusions.
Forget about Lagos matter wey una go die on top and tell me the FG-scale projects other SW states are handling.

No, Lagos has no comparison to your "Ibadan society" or "Ilorin society" at any time in history. Its infrastructural base that has spurred its development and capital inflows is a product of 76 years as the national capital. Even Abuja that was a bush in the 80's is still 27 years old and look at it today. Stop deluding yourself.
Rather than turn Onitsha to an enabling economy? Why aren't you turning Ibadan, Oke-Ogun, Ile-Ife, Akure, Ado-Ekiti etc into enabling economies? Even Ogun that has won the lottery with residents and industries spilling over from the Lagos border, haven't kept up with delivering infrastructure. The road networks in the industrial towns are as big a mess as I've seen anywhere.

Lagos, Ogun and Oyo asked to manage Lagos-Ibadan expressway? Really. What has ever stopped any state in Nigeria from building Federal Roads? Absolutely nothing. The FG might squabble with your concessioning it, but they wouldn't stop you developing it. Many states in every region are owed money for maintenance of Federal Roads. And the FG will always compromise on projects they can't deliver. They can't stop Ikoyi Bridge. They're not stopping the Lekki Port. The won't stop another Lagos airport. They won't stop the state railway projects. I believe those claims are bull shiit. The obstactles to 4th Mainland bridge for decades have been collapsed agreements with the financiers and concessionaires. Has nothing to do with the FG.

When you say you believe you can maintain your region better, you mean Lagos. Let's not kid ourselves. You don't mean Ekiti. You don't mean Osun. You don't mean Ondo. You don't even mean the mighty Oyo. You mean Lagos.

deomelo:



See how shallow and pathetic you think and rationalize basic facts?


To start with, I gave you a factual occurrence where another state/Lagos lobbied for and received FG infrastructures and I asked why your elected officials are not doing the same thing per this river port, but you childishly and unintelligently inserted Osun when in fact Osun state doesn't have such issues on the ground regarding FG projects in the same situation.

lol @ the joker misappropriating the word "deflection". Me deflecting means you asked me a question and I gyrated to Lagos as a comeback, but in you did not ask me any question that I deflected with Lagos. You reason upside down and like a sleepy child and your comebacks sound shallow and unintelligent.


If you are going to insert Osun into the conversation, there must be such issues transpiring on the ground in Osun so of what relevance was your ignorant and illogical reference to Osun? Where is the comparison other than the fact that Osun is your go-to default and lame side corner to excuse away your weak intellectual capacity to purvey sane and logical argument.


Have you sited the FG project in Osun state that they need to ask the FG to hand over? Be a grown man and name the FG facility in Osun that the people of Osun need to collect from the FG. If you can't and I know you can not, then STFU.

You even shifted to Ondo state as if they have such FG infrastructure issue on the ground in Ondo state.

You are far below pathetic, basement and elementary reasonings.

stanluiz:
The tire me self.I used to ask them whether Lagos is the only state in the SW ? Anytime the SW is mentioned Lagos state come to their mind that why other SW States are backward and dilapidated because all of them concentrate only on Lagos.

Blue3k2:


When you asked about Ondo you should have mentioned the Igbokoda fishing terminal. Thats the only federal infrastructure the state could take over. I don't know if its bad shape like the one in Akwa Ibom though. It's relevant since it offers potential to tap in fish reserves and reduce dependance of fish imports.

The fishing terminals in Rivers and Akwa Ibom are being concessioned. Neither state has shown interest in take over these projects. In Akwa Iboms case its been urged by certain people but nobody in general cares about fish unless they hear avout illegal fishing or high imoorts.

Jaideyone:
yes we will when Jonathan was there your people supported him blindly and he never thought of dredging the river for you? how about akpabio that budgeted for ibaka deep sea port over 5yrs and embezzled the money?

keep looking for outsiders to blame. your eye go soon clear. for your info the FG is not contributing 1naira to LEKKI seaport

keep wailing!!!

Perceptor:

No state lyk lagos you can boast of in d southeasy hence you jealousy. North can boast of Kano, southsouth can boast of PH. The anambra u used to shout about has been found to be another erosion ravaged, space deficient shithole. Why wont you be jealous of lagos

Perceptor:

The ports in southwest will be congested but the ones in ur region will remain non-functional. They ar already providing solution to d congestion by building a other ports in same lagos and even ogun while u keep wailing and blaming fg for redundancy of ur ports. You can wail till eternity, southwest remains d chicken that lays d golden eggs for d country.