I thought it was ready for operation. But now is it back to the same old story? Last month, I told my Igbo peeps not to start celebrating too early. Till now we have'nt heared that the President is coming to launch it.

With GEJ you can forget it. Maybe from 2015 we can hope. Just don't run high BP

Am sure you all will miss Buhari (Mr. Fix It)

Federal Government hassaid the Onitsha port is ready for operation to ease transportation stress and reduce the sufferings of importers in the South-east zone of the country.

Speaking yesterday at Onitsha during the International Stakeholders’ Conference on “Harnessing the potentials of lower River Niger,” the Minister for Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman said the port had been concluded to start operation by June this year.

According to Alhaji Suleiman, the port would among other things reduce the sufferings of the importers in the country and enhance the economic activities in the country, adding that importers would not be subjected to untold sufferings they had faced in the other ports.

“Onitsha is the centre of commerce and industry and this part of the country is very essential and that is why the Federal Government decided to hold the summit here it would enable it know the extent the dredging of the lower Niger has gone.”

“The National Inland Waterway Authority will work in collaboration with the private sectors to make sure the port and other infrastructure are sustained and maintained so that our people will maximize the gains of democracy.”

Also speaking, the state Governor, Peter Obi said the dredging of the lower River Niger and the completion of the Onitsha Port was very critical to his administration’s resolve to industrialize the state.

Governor Obi, however, lauded the Federal Government for expeditiously concluding the projects of Onitsha port, which he said would enhance industrialization in the state and the country at large.

He called on foreign investors and traders in Onitsha market to maximize the port for effective transportation of their goods and services and expressed worries over the cost at the country’s ports.

BYEMMANUEL UZOR (sunnewsonline)
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Source: sunnewsonline, April 12, 2011; Image: Flickr, April 14, 2009

Don't drink panadol for another man's headache. Onitsha Port is taking off technically this June so Lagos port brace for weighty challenges. I also heard that FG is about to close lagos ports for 5yrs. Imagine what will become of Onitsha, Port Harcourt ports etc