bigpriik:
I know haters will flood this thread but I dont care.southeast deserves a seaport because her inhabitants are natural traders.geographically we know Igboland is not landlocked it is only landlocked politically but I will not delve into that now to avoid unnecessary arguments.

To build a seaport in the East we have two options.

1) dredge the River niger ( onitsha )

2)dredge the River imo (aba)

I will prefer the latter because it is going to be cheaper and will not affect the geography of the area .River imo is very close the Atlantic ocean so if the River can be dredged down to the Atlantic ships can pass their to igboland.this will open the southeast to international trade cities like Aba will benefit greatly

But as usual government knows this but will never do it because of hatred .

Mraphel:

Seaport without sea? Ur region is landlocked..

Sammy07:
Keyword: River
If you know, you know.

Mraphel:

IPod think is oceaniger

R. Niger is not dredgeable to become a seaport

Mraphel:

Seaport without sea? Ur region is landlocked..

Igbochief001:

I dare you to name which Nigerian port today is directly at sea

Name one that's not on a river from the Lagos port , to port Harcourt port ( on a river smaller than imo river even ) to warri port to onne port and the Calabar port ...which of these sits directly at sea . Answer is none


If port Harcourt can get a sea port then abia can get a port because it's closer to the ocean than port Harcourt

JonDon12:
Port Harcourt is and has always been Igbo. It's only after the biafran war that the ikwerre started trying to seperate from the Igbo and I'm sure if u do a census today is that the Ibos might still have more numbers.

B3ACHFRONT:
I would like Onitsha to have a seaport because I like Onitsha, but it's waste of funds and too much money to continually dredge river ports which is what Nigeria mostly has,though Lagos less so , and I think that's why even the Calabar deep seaport was conceived .
The only way to have a deep port at Onitsha would be to construct a wide and deep river channel which runs from the ocean ,and It would disrupt the Eco system and cost at least $50 billion dollars. Nigeria's mono oil economy generates only $45 billion dollars per year . The Constructed river would never need dredging.
On another note, I think the most important thing for Nigeria than seaport is industrialization for domestic sustenance and less imports, and then think of export later because the world market is already saturated ,even if all the proposed deep seaports suddenly appear at this moment it would not make a difference . Eventually there'll be deep seaports at Calabar ,Aka ibom,Onitsha Lagos etc.. but for now ...

Mraphel:


Can u please name the rivers in Lagos?

I seized to reply u again...henceforth....u r an infant on the topic

bigpriik:
I know haters will flood this thread but I dont care.southeast deserves a seaport because her inhabitants are natural traders.geographically we know Igboland is not landlocked it is only landlocked politically but I will not delve into that now to avoid unnecessary arguments.

To build a seaport in the East we have two options.

1) dredge the River niger ( onitsha )

2)dredge the River imo (aba)

I will prefer the latter because it is going to be cheaper and will not affect the geography of the area .River imo is very close the Atlantic ocean so if the River can be dredged down to the Atlantic ships can pass their to igboland.this will open the southeast to international trade cities like Aba will benefit greatly

But as usual government knows this but will never do it because of hatred .

JonDon12:
Port Harcourt is and has always been Igbo. It's only after the biafran war that the ikwerre started trying to seperate from the Igbo and I'm sure if u do a census today is that the Ibos might still have more numbers.

Mraphel:


Can u please name the rivers in Lagos?

I seized to reply u again...henceforth....u r an infant on the topic

Igbochief001:
Nigeria as of today have zero sea port ...all of them are either river ports or lagoon ports none is directly on the sea

timekeeper1:



https://www.nairaland.com/4426402/president-buhari-meets-developers-lekki

kovic20:
Why say haters? Just say Yorubaas. They are the ones against ports and major airports in Eastern region.

bigpriik:
I know haters will flood this thread but I dont care.southeast deserves a seaport because her inhabitants are natural traders.geographically we know Igboland is not landlocked it is only landlocked politically but I will not delve into that now to avoid unnecessary arguments.

To build a seaport in the East we have two options.

1) dredge the River niger ( onitsha )

2)dredge the River imo (aba)

I will prefer the latter because it is going to be cheaper and will not affect the geography of the area .River imo is very close the Atlantic ocean so if the River can be dredged down to the Atlantic ships can pass their to igboland.this will open the southeast to international trade cities like Aba will benefit greatly

But as usual government knows this but will never do it because of hatred .

JonDon12:
[s]Port Harcourt is and has always been Igbo. It's only after the biafran war that the ikwerre started trying to seperate from the Igbo and I'm sure if u do a census today is that the Ibos might still have more numbers.[/s]

B3ACHFRONT:
That's my point . it's false assumption that Awa ibom,Calabar,Lagos or Onitsha will be developed and industrialized once there's seaport in those places. You don't put the cart before the horse . You do not need seaport to build a basic organized society . Lagos port is saturated due to excessive import which Nigeria should aspire to minimize.
Though important, I am not convinced that a seaport is the most critical infrastructure at this time ,though it's reasonable to lay the foundations and work slowly towards it . Also, a state or city does not need airline to be considered developed . California or Los Angeles has no airline, Florida or Miami has no Airline,Ontario or Toronto has no Airline ,but are all developed . Most Nigerian towns do not need overpasses yet they are everywhere . I just think the Nigerian government have wrong priorities.

LabDNA:


These yoruba creature are ready to starve and die than see the Eastern ports work.

The Navy in the East is called 'Eastern naval command' but when you say 'Eastern ports' yorubas cry to high heavens.

Can you have an Easten navy without an Eastern boarder with seas and Oceans?

I dey laugh yoruba muslim almajiris, their stomaches will dry up when all Igbo and Igboid regions leave the country for good.