Jaqenhghar:

The entire shithole is a mess. There is not one functional sectoe that works apart form maybe banks

Banks are also Fraudulent. Nothing works in that shithole only tribalism.

Holy, holy holy, Nnamdi kanu is our another saviour.


For over 58 years Nigeria the zoo can't even managed their only corrupt seaport. No wonder they are crippled all the seaports in Biafraland after their invasion of Biafra in 1946-70 till date.



Biafra referendum is your only solution to your decades suffering done to you by Nigeria Islamic sultanate federation.

NiajaXionist:

Advice your people first to stop smuggling Arms, Drugs and other illegal items. No amount of money will make us compromise our security, let them go period. Customs carry on with the thorough checking

What you lack is basic primary education, deal with these data.

wink2015:


You were almost getting at the cause of the problem.

Yes, the cause of this problem is the establishment of dry port in Nigeria at the expense of the natural sea. So with less funds going to the sea port apart from Lagos port, pirate took over these ports and turn it to an haven for crimes.

Because of political exigencies, many of our political leader started establishing DRY PORT in places that should not have gotten a port in the first place.

Go all over the world, ports are always connected with were there is massive water or ocean.

Be it the port of Rottadam ( Holland ) Anterwep ( Belgium ) Singapore (Asia ) Hong Kong ( Asia ) etc.

But Nigeria leaders especially those that of northern extraction ( northern leaders ) decides to throw caution to the wind by setting up DRY PORT in places that has no natural environment for sea port activities such as the Kaduna port.

This they use it to drain the resources of the country.

Because of the huge bill of the federal government coupled with corruption they can not maintain the existing natural sea port like the once in ( warri and koko port ) Delta state, onne ports ( rivers state) Calabar ports, Ondo port etc.

Even the more recent Bayelsa sea port is being strangulated due to lack of funds from the government.

If the Warri port and Onne port is well developed and with a railway line extending from Niger delta to Northern Nigeria the Warri port can provide support to Niger republic.

But everything in Nigeria is POLITICIZED or look out from ethnic and religious interest not minding the havoc and pains it is causing in Nigeria.

IF GOD NO GIVE YOU RIVER MUST YOU BREAK ROCK TO GET RIVER BY FORCE!

The problem here is infrastructure & greedy corrupt Nigerians, honestly am very happy with this news, Nigerians only understand hardship, when everything falls apart our brain go reset, at that time every body will be watching each other like a hawk to make sure things work smoothly as our lives will depend on it

zoneb:
Only in this regime can something like this happen for the first time in Africa. Indeed there was a country.
God bless Nigeria

Stop shouting Regime on every issue
Nigerians themselves have bad attitude towards each other

Not surprised though is anything workable in Nigeria what did you expect from the most backward people on the planet ruling a nation like Nigeria when hausa-Fulani was the one in charge of all resources all around the country who do they know than to sell fura.

gypsey:
Banks are also Fraudulent. Nothing works in that shithole only tribalism.

Na so. If tribalism was a virtue Niggerians would have been clearing the prize

Blue3k:


Source: https://punchng.com/niger-republic-dumps-nigeria-opts-for-ghana-cotonou-ports/amp/

When I was a smuggler, once I get cargoes out of Akpakpa port, Cotonou I load it on a train for onward transit towards Nigeria border, but here in Nigeria everything is different and people who have never traveled outside this shithole thinks things are right, we're still very far.

kernel001:



It doesn't take anything to make certain things work. What will it take Nigerian government to go into public-private port initiative?, as poor as Malawi, it has 4 ports, a country with less than 50 million population.

Yeah you're right. The continuous failure of leadership is the main reason we still struggle with simple things like efficiency in port operations. However, my previous comment was only just addressing the opinion of the person I quoted earlier who turned it to another apc vs pdp contest claiming it was Buhari's fault that Nigerian ports were inefficient and insufficient.

Dee60:
The case with Nigerian ports is pathetic.

They are handling fewer volumes than before but are taking longer time to do so. This is a huge cost to the consuming public as port delays lead to higher charges and will be ultimately paid for by the consuming public.

It takes between 24 and 72 hours to clear cargoes in Cotonou and Lome. There they measure in hours, like any other good port in the world. In Nigeria, we measure in weeks. it takes anything from 2 weeks to 7 weeks (or 7 weeks plus) to clear goods in Nigeria.

It is one of the worst port records in the world!

I wonder how our government has looked away from what is considered the gateway to the economy.

The delay starts with the ports who will take 2-3 days to stack the full containers.

The shipping companies have grown wings in this regime. They will take anything from 3-7 days just to create invoices. They make demurrage income by causing these delays. They sometimes put wrong details in their records and make you pay for it, in the form of amendment costs, which can also cause another 3 days.

Then you go to wait for another invoice from the terminals. And the story goes on!

Some of the invoices are created in India (by outsourcing) and they can tell you there is nothing they can do to hasten the process.

Meanwhile, our government agencies look away. They are also too interested in making their own incomes and have less interest in the process.

Then delay with Customs, delay with SON and so on. When you finish with all the bottlenecks in the ports you now face the Apapa transport gridlock that has now lasted more than 5 whole years. We are such an unserious bunch of people!

The last time anyone tried to change the system was when Okonjo Iweala forced several changes. Since then the lackadaisical approach has returned.

The government needs real professionals to sit and review the process. Their fraternal approach of employing incompetent townsmen has not solved the problem. Shipper's Council is seen to be ineffective.

Our ports can earn as good as crude oil if we do our homework. Dubai and Singapore economies became world economies because of their ports. New York Port is so rich that it owns a lot of the posh properties in Manhattan.

When are we going to wake from this slumber, or is it a coma? Even Niger is now sidelining us!

Wake up, Nigeria.

You have said it all. Our ports these days are like "Sobibor" I just found out through APMT termview that the container I loaded on Wednesday, the empty has been returned back to APMT this morning (5 days after delivery) . I even have to thank the driver that he tried and the return was fast despite the fact that I will be surcharged #30,000.00k for wrong empty return location as he was supposed to return the empty at MIGFO TERMINAL Sanya. The last container I loaded at PORTS & CARGO TINCAN was 11days. MSC demmurage for 20ft is 10k per day plus VAT (#115,500.00k). Check the maths and see how much customers loss customers incure due to all these wahala. Untop of all these, those useless FOU wahala at Mile 2 and Area B will be added.
Imagine NCIS system that is supposed to ensure and automated and seamless transactions is being used by the customs and security agencies to block your consignment from the system and extort money from you.
Our greed will not allow government policies to work well, no matter how good the designed policies are.

Sweetcollins:
Make una no worry....
It is good to pass through tough times so you can choose your real friends.
Nigeria will bounce back again, then Ghana, Libya, Niger etc go dey look, we go dey go

You're a foolish man. Is this to a competition? I don't understand why Nigerians take every sh!t as competition

pinkcottoncandy:
Graham!

So dem nor like Kaduna dry port then?

Otuawulaeji!

Maybe the port is too dry for them.

Many Nigerian importers have abandoned Nigerian ports for other African countries long ago. You can imagine the revenue Nigeria is losing every year?

Blue3k:


Source: https://punchng.com/niger-republic-dumps-nigeria-opts-for-ghana-cotonou-ports/amp/

but baba dullard said dem dey rush us now na....


so baba can lie for africa....

isoryt

Imagine even from Niger Buhari grandfather place. Nigeria country rule by some fools

We don cast las las

EricBloodAxe:
What do you expect when you have a clueless lifeless president at the helm of affairs with a bunch of incompetent ministers and advisers churning out upgrades of garbage into the "lifeless" ones ears thus encouraging the dullard to retrogress in ideas and set the country on a backward pedal. I say nomore. From now henceforth, i and my family and friends are atikulating. Time to change this "change".

Very good, you've given Buhari a well-deserved bashing for his cluelessness and indolence, but now that's out of the way and you've gotten your Buhari hatred out of your system, answer me this: why didn't GEJ do anything about these ports during the 5+ years he was in office?

Let's drop the ridiculous pretense that Nigeria was becoming a second Singapore under Jonathan, until Buhari supposedly came and f**ked everything up. All Nigerian governments have been plagued by incompetent management of key infrastructure, with not a single exception worth naming.