ManMountain:


What happens if the East dredge the River?

In less than 10 years, it will be filled with sediments from upper River

You don’t have any geographical advantage over any part of Nigeria. #FACT

There is no part of the Niger dey can even choose to dredge without them carrying other tribes along.

Dbboy:


Yeah missed it, last I checked Ethiopia is daming a river that feeds the Nile river in Egypt and that is a cause for concern as Egypt is even contemplating war since such dam could lead to there demise.

East of where are you actually referring to? Which Eastern state in Nigeria wants to build the dam?

The Ethiopian Government is the entity building the dam, not any of its regions?

It seems you don’t even know what you are talking about?

ManMountain:


So keep quiet or stick to topic

Ibo man want to dam River Niger to hurt Northern Nigeria.

Lmaooooo! Only God knows the evil plans you lot habor in your mind to hurt other Nigerians if you have the means

very cursed people. .

DubaiLandLord:
Which East will dredge the River? Igboland can't unilaterally chose to dredge the Niger even if Nigeria does not exist.

Go and check the route of River Benue and River Niger down to the Delta, Ibos can not decide to dredge it.

I want you to start thinking seriously about it cus it will happen,....must happen.

ManMountain:


So keep quiet or stick to topic

Ibo man want to dam River Niger to hurt Northern Nigeria.

Lmaooooo! Only God knows the evil plans you lot habor in your mind to hurt other Nigerians if you have the means

I wander why they habor so much hate in them

Dbboy:
[b][/b][b][/b]Am curious and would love to know should the Eastern part of Nigeria Dam River Niger what would be the Negative impact on upper North, that require this water for survival and could this lead to the actual demise of state that depend on the flow of this water.

What's the direction of flow of River Niger?

Is River Niger flowing from North to South or it's flowing from the South up North?


Think deeply sir.

meccuno:
What makes Nigeria ? Oil. Without it, it's as good as dead. If the Igbos secede, the Nigeri Delta would want to have their own country. Not like I care. So definitely would affect Nigeria.

Let's assume that Niger-Delta and it's oil secede, will the people ;

1) Rearing cattle, goats and sheep stop working?

2) Will the people planting sugar cane, rice, beans, onions, pepper, ginger stop working?

3) Will the timber , cocoa, kolanuts business stop?
4) Will the production of eggs and poultry products end?

aribisala0:
What do you mean by downhill.
You might need geography lessons too as you appear to have half knowledge which is more dangerous than no knowledge.

The course of the river Niger is a matter of fact . Nothing to do with "downhill"
As a matter of fact for several kilometres after its origin in Guinea the River Niger flows northwards before turning southwards

FYI and education

The North is not "UP" and the South "DOWN" . Those are arbitrary specifications. just like East and West or writing from left to right. If you look at older maps the "north" was at the top and vice versa

It is funny how many people believe that
The North pole is the TOP OF THE WORLD and the South Pole is AT THE BOTTOM
There are rivers that flow from south to north e.g. The NILE

The question of "downhill" is ignorant.

The guy is correct, water flow downhill. However, downhill does NOT necessarily mean South.


In the case of River Niger, the River flow downhill along a North-South direction from the in-land Delta to the coastal Delta. Ironically, it flow downhill from South to North from it's origin in the Guinean highlands to the in-land Delta around Gao.

meccuno:
Here we go again. Trying to arm twist the igbos into Nigeria. If Igbos leaving Nigeria was disadvantageous to them compared to the North leaving Nigeria, don't you think the North and SW would have expelled the Igbos from Nigeria? I don't understand the way you lots reason.

The only reason why the Igbos were not granted Biafra is because it will lead to exodus of other groups like the Ibom Nation, Ijaw Nation etc

Conrod:
I want you to start thinking seriously about it cus it will happen,....must happen.

The river Niger is already being dredged by the FG to accommodate current and future planned ships going to the ports along its banks. The Onitsha Port and Baro Port in Minna are along the river Niger. The problem as someone as explained earlier on is dredging a river downstream has to be a continuous exercise otherwise it gets back to its original state with sentiments washed from the upstream after some years.

The only benefits of dredging that I’m aware of are to make the river deeper in other to allow larger sized ships pass through. This means ships can more easily get to Onitsha and Baro ports respectively, so in this case it actually also benefits the north to dredge the river Niger.

oyatz:


The guy is correct, water flow downhill. However, downhill does NOT necessarily mean South.


In the case of River Niger, the River flow downhill along a North-South direction from the in-land Delta to the coastal Delta. Ironically, it flow downhill from South to North from it's origin in the Guinean highlands to the in-land Delta around Gao.

If you do not understand the issues it is better to shut up rather than try to show yourself.
Define "downhill"
Water will flow along the line of least resistance driven by gravity. That could be West to East , North to South or vice versa. The person I quoted implied North to South is downhill.


The issue is that downhill does not mean North to South. Do not just interject yourself in other people's conversation because you feel you must talk

Seun360:


The only reason why the Igbos were not granted Biafra is because it will lead to exodus of other groups like the Ibom Nation, Ijaw Nation etc

Yup. You got that right

aribisala0:
If you do not understand the issues it is better to shut up rather than try to show yourself.
Define "downhill"
Water will flow along the line of least resistance driven by gravity. That could be West to East , North to South or vice versa. The person I quoted implied North to South is downhill.


The issue is that downhill does not mean North to South. Do not just interject yourself in other people's conversation because you feel you must talk

Bros, calm down. This is 2022.



We are saying the same thing.

oyatz:


Let's assume that Niger-Delta and it's oil secede, will the people ;

1) Rearing cattle, goats and sheep stop working?

2) Will the people planting sugar cane, rice, beans, onions, pepper, ginger stop working?

3) Will the timber , cocoa, kolanuts business stop?
4) Will the production of eggs and poultry products end?

All these agricultural produce won't give you the necessary forex to sustain a country the way Oil does. No country survives effectively selling kolanuts. Better look at the bigger picture.

Conrod:
I want you to start thinking seriously about it cus it will happen,....must happen.

Wate of time, effort and money. Rivers flow down stream carrying sediments.

If the river is dregged, before you even finish the dregging, another set of sediment is being deposited.

Best form partnership with the Niger-delta so you can invest in flat bottom barges to ferry containers upstream to the Onitsha port.

oyatz:


Bros, calm down. This is 2022.



We are saying the same thing.

Make a resolution to mind your business

deadkamalu:
we too understand but it seems the poorly educated minorities are louder.
Believe aside politics me we are the biggest beneficiaries of the Union.

How.......so River Niger makes you the biggest beneficiary of the union?......and you are here attacking the poster.....

ManMountain:


I think the SW will be glad to kick you guys out of the SW.


The problem is your political and economic elites that are not leading this struggle, leaving it in the hands of barely educated thugs like Ekpa and Kanu

Meanwhile stay on topic of damming River NIger by Ibos to spite the North

You my friend don't have sence......you hide yourself in an enclave in oshogbo to shout about kicking igbos from the West.....you can't try it....not even your elite can try such......since you want one Nigeria we will invade your cities and do business wherever we deem fit. Your mumu dey smell!

Dbboy:
If so don't you think its in the interest of the north to be at all time in good term with the east as water is more important for survival of any specie than Oil.

Idk-it,the river flows from the north to south.So how is building a dam going to affect north?

Are you thinking of damming with regards economic gains, it is OK, but if it is about hurting the North, that is a stupid stupid idea.

gidson12:



You my friend don't have sence......you hide yourself in an enclave in oshogbo to shout about kicking igbos from the West.....you can't try it....not even your elite can try such......since you want one Nigeria we will invade your cities and do business wherever we deem fit. Your mumu dey smell!

Fashola deported some of you years back and we saw how you guys wailed and threw tantrums.

He shut down your market for EIA and even your Governors came to plead on your behalf.

Na mouth una get, the rest na breeze.

meccuno:
All these agricultural produce won't give you the necessary forex to sustain a country the way Oil does. No country survives effectively selling kolanuts. Better look at the bigger picture.

CRUDE oil is a raw material ,which Nigeria is selling in it's raw form to get Forex, to import finished materials like drugs, vehicles, designers wears, chocolate etc.


All these Agricultural raw materials can be turned to semi-finished or even finished goods to get Forex or even get the goods we need without going through Forex e.g if we can plant thousands of acres of sugar canes, we can harvest them and refine the canes to produce sugars for our domestic and industrial consumption without the need for Forex.
The bye-products from the refining of sugar can become raw materials for the production of Fish and poultry feeds.

Unlike the oil industry that doesn't employ many of our people, these Agricultural based industries will employe so many people in different parts of the country.

The amount of money we use to import goods, derived from these Agricultural produce is far higher than whatever we receive as rents/royalties by the International oil companies for extracting and exporting our crude oil.

oyatz:



CRUDE oil is a raw material ,which Nigeria is selling in it's raw form to get Forex, to import finished materials like drugs, vehicles, designers wears, chocolate etc.


All these Agricultural raw materials can be turned to semi-finished or even finished goods to get Forex or even get the goods we need without going through Forex e.g if we can plant thousands of acres of sugar canes, we can harvest them and refine the canes to produce sugars for our domestic and industrial consumption without the need for Forex.
The bye-products from the refining of sugar can become raw materials for the production of Fish and poultry feeds.

Unlike the oil industry that doesn't employ many of our people, these Agricultural based industries will employe so many people in different parts of the country.

The amount of money we use to import goods, derived from these Agricultural produce is far higher than whatever we receive as rents/royalties by the International oil companies for extracting and exporting our crude oil.

You think it's that easy? Name 10 countries in the world that are among the richest in the world solely through agriculture and I would name 10 that are richer using oil. A country can never become rich solely on agriculture because most countries can farm.