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Despite the yearly allocation of several billions of naira for the construction of a proposed greenfield deep seaport at Ibaka in Akwa Ibom State by both the State Government and the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) since 2011, the project has remained elusive, with no evidence of a port being built at the proposed site.

The project is missing in the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan and in the list of similar projects planned in partnership between the federal government and state government, with expectations of private investors collaborations, investigations by LEADERSHIP have revealed.

The Ibaka Deep Seaport, a project for which the federal ministry of transport, the NPA and the Akwa Ibom State Government have held several workshops and taken commendations at several events is also missing in a maritime and air transport report prepared by Steer Davies Gleave for the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) hosted by

The African Development Bank.

The study, which was carried out to assess the potential for enhanced private participation in the maritime and air transport sectors in Africa however identified the Lekki Deep Seaport measuring 970m of container berths, 320m dry bulk berth, 1-2 oil berths and located 60km east of Lagos.

The Badagry greefield port, Koko Port and Olokola Port were also listed with their capacity and promoters.

The water at Ibaka is said to have a natural draft of 11 metres, without dredging, making it a huge potential for possible deep seaport construction.

Akwa Ibom State has continued to budget for the port, which Governor Godswill Akpabio said would create employment for 100,000 Nigerians.

The NPA had also told LEADERSHIP in Uyo at the PCC meeting that the deep seaport would be completed in 2015.

When LEADERSHIP visited the proposed site of the deep seaport at Ibaka, there was nothing to show that a seaport was being planned at coastal community.

A lonely dilapidated narrow road, better described as a colonial road leads to Ibaka, from Oron. As early as 2011, the Akwa Ibom State Governor told a Nigeria Ports Consultative Council (PCC) meeting in Uyo that his government had concluded plans to dualise the road.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201312160580.html

Akpabio budgets billions every year for this invisible seaport.

1. Ibaka seaport is not in the FG gazette and there is zero FG budget for it.

Meaning the FG doesn't know anything about this seaport officially

2. Akpabio budgets billions for this bridge every year with not even bush clearing or fence erected.

Meaning Akpabio pockets free billions every year.

Chai!! Diarisgodoooooo

Tmex:
Am sure we all did english, saying he has a minimum of N1 million is like not saying anything, dangote can as well alter that statement and will still not be lying. What a minmum of N1 million means is that no matter the hardship he's facing its very sure that his balance is not less than a million which in the real sense could be 100 billion

What kind of common sensse ans sense of logic took you from 1 million 10 100 billion?

You people are trying too hard to sound ignorant...

Another ignorant and unintelligent joker. The man was talking about himself and not that if you have more money you are corrupt.

Is this a sad case of guilty conscience, low self esteem or the same personal insecurity synonymous with the usual suspects.?

....but the same sad and pathetic jokers have nothing to say about the aso rock dullard refusing to disclose his own assets even thought the hypocritical clown took Tinubu to the tribunal for the same thing.


Thank God almighty a change is coming...

Marvin67:
The same way Fashola duped lagosians in the lekki toll plaza and Ikoyi link bridge abi?

Toll or no toll, Lekki bridge was built by the people of Lagos

Lekki bridge and toll road belongs to the people of Lagos

Tolls collected by the people of Lagos state stays in Lagos state to fund similar projects in Lagos state to benefit the people of Lagos state..


On the other hand--

2nd NB belongs to JB for 30 years

Money collected from your men, women and children wont benefit your region because it goes straight to Germany

And after the 30 years, the bridge still won't belong to any of your states, it goes back to the people of Nigeria..

Basically, your region just paid tolls for 30 years to build that bridge for the rest of Nigeria even though you fund that bridge with your money and sweat...


You are not making any sense.

Why are you giving the con man credit for what you are going to pay for?

Ngwakwe:
Buhari flogged your fathers with koboko and wants to repeat that after 30 years to the children - Na ISIL in view be this my people.

According to history, the same north slaughtered tens of thousands of ibo people, but today, they are still the largest immigrants in the same North. So, are you trying to repeat what happened to your forefathers decades ago?

Buhari commanded the arrest and indefinite detention of pro democracy groups who dare talk about Nigeria's political future as far as he (Buhari) was still on the throne

GEJ violently suppressed subsidy fuel demonstrations and slaughtered 12 subsidy fuel protesters

GEJ is yet to account for our hundreds of missing school children

GEJ is yet to account for the dead unemployed youths he even scammed for bogus employement

Your vote is your power, together we will put to a stop Buhari's attempt to benefit from the institution he destroyed

Actually, GEJ destroyed our institutions from top to bottom.

The police is grossly, lawless, grossly incompetent, grossly corrupt and politically compromised. They don't even respect the other arms of government. the Nigerian police today is a lawless organization.

The SSS is a worthless political organization with zero capacity to defend and protect Nigerians. Their main responsibility and obligation is ti fight the opposition and engage in political battles instead of Boko Haram.

Weeks after raiding the APC's DATA office, they still can not tell Nigerians what crime was committed and what criminal evidence they obtained to justify their lawless and illegal actions.

The Nigerian military under jonathan is a toothless, poorly equipped and badly demoralized organization.

Under Jonathan, we've lost potions of Nigeria to terrorists.

We gave him a full country, but we are getting back a fractured and incomplete Nigerian territory.

You are entitled to your tribal and bigoted opinion, but definitely not to your own facts and Nigerian history..

FKO81:
Agent YES, before you embark on your fake propaganda kindly enter bus to east or view this page to help yourself.
https://www.nairaland.com/1930337/anambra-state-light-nationeconomic-political/83

1. Nothing is on going unless maybe you are talking about JB yard and not 2nd NB?

2. GEJ promised to build you a bridge, but he is not building you any bridge, you are building your own bridge with your money via tolling by JB for 30 long years.

3. To make matters worse, the money collected by JB from your men, women and children doesn't stay in your community, it goes directly to JB then forwarded to Germany.

That money is coming out of your pocket for 30 years so stop fooling yourself, GEJ duped you...

FKO81:
On point! You got the game. Sometimes I ask myself those preaching progressive, how progress are their region or states or it's GEJ five years administration that made their area retrogressive?? Propaganda propaganda you will get more of it now the election is approaching they know those they asked to target, they are paid agents that is why they Open thread every hour about us, if you challenge them they insult you and call you names, their are targeting our youths because they know so many of them are on social network: nairaland, Facebook etc they come in different ways they can change their name to Igbo names, write Igbo language, and they employed few of our people to do the dirty work for them, and those they employ once they get their pay at the end of the month, Igbo interests should go to hell, be wise! GEJ has done a lot for us, example, Enugu airport, ongoing second Niger bridge, on going road project from head bridge Onitsha to enugu, esterblishment of Federal university in Ebonyi, Ongoing Enugu Aba Port harcourt road, Ebonyi rice processing mill, ferlizer plant in Abia and Anambra, Onitsha-owerri high-way was completed by GEJ, His renoveted Imo airport, supported our business men and women eg Innoson, so many of our people lost their life and rubbery attack on Lagos-Benin road before it's a different story now, these I can remember, not just our region he has done projects for our brothers also but because of the hatered they will never admit.

Ongoing second Niger bridge?

Are we in this same Nigeria or you people have your own different Nigeria what we don't know about?

ideyvexnow:
With GEJ, there is hope that he will still deliver on his promises, but with Buhari or Tinubu, there is no hope.

Tell me something, What did all those Hausa military dictators ever build in the south east for 38 straight years?

Now you still want the south east to still vote for them. You are very very sick and stu***pid beyond human comprehension.

All Hausas and Yoruba's really want is to control Nigeria's Oil money, so that they can use it for their own selfish reasons.

All this insults and propaganda against GEJ is for one reason and one reason only, To take back control of Nigeria's resources

and to continue oppressing and lording it over the South East, South South and North Central.

The level of lies and propaganda which APC and Yoruba's are capable of is simply sickening.

Their is hope with the man that took your votes and did nothing for you in return, but their's no hope with the man that you haven't voted for or put in any kind of position to do anything for you?

Odikwa very risky with you people's ridiculous and upside down logic I swear..

free2ryhme:
Kill myself over an Ibo man? Never!

all the allocation that has been given to the entire east combined for development what happened to it ?

was it buhari that stolen them ?


don't deceive yourself your are your own worst enemy. Go find out

They'll lose sleep and cry till eternity over Lagos and other states, but the'll never utter a word about their own states where the governors have nothing to show for 16 years of PDP rule. Not even a single classroom collectively across the region except Imo state under okorocha.

I'm not sure if they are insinuating that their states haven't collect taxes and allocations since 1999... smh.

Other states are building their own bridges and fly overs, but their useless governors won't even join money together to build a common bridge..

A whole multi billion $ and global oil co and a major government parastatal is running around peddling rumors while still unable to explain to Nigerians what happened to their $10 billion... Talk about a grossly corrupt, inept and incompetent government agency.

This country is truly in the dumps...

We salute you for your maturity in the face of unfair opposition, tyranny and cynics. At a time like this, as you prepare to come back and seek the mandate of Nigerians for another term, you can be rest assured that we are with you. We will support you. We will be there for you, just as you have been there for us,” he added. Link

Money sure do corrupt

Is this a joke or we are supposed to be surprised with this bingo ?

Ezedon:
This is what we hear in Nollywood, i borrowed money to build houses, thats how we heard that gej had no shoes

At least the man sounds honorable enough to expose himself by stating his assets, unlike the crooked and corrupt president who not only refused to disclose his assets, but also insulted Nigerians with insults by saying he doesn't give a dam...

What is Otu-oko crook hiding? We know he took his own cut when ALAMS his boss was looting bayelsa dry hence pardoning his co-crook and corrupt boss..

It just beats me why you people are always against right and always rooting for wrong..

And what's your business with that you self proclaimed bastard...

You are only shouting because you are fuunking scared...

Scout60:
the man that spends 800 million a term to train 750 students in school owned by indian in rivers

The money was for the Indians to manage the schools and not owned by the indians...


Why is Amaechi that built roads, bridges, flyovers, dozens of schools and hospitals, farms , sewage treatment plants, sports complex, water works , skilled centers and more a thief, but you are less concerned per Akpabio with more money who didn't do anything but built a few roads, 1 football field, 1 library, 1 cinema, and 1 flyover after 8 years in office?

Have you asked Akpabio what he did with the largest budget in Nigeria?

Have you asked yourself what the other governors in the region from Abia, to cross rivers, eboyin, enugu and anambra what they did with their taxes and allocations since they can not show us one single classroom they built since 1999?

Amaechi performed far better than the rest of that region combined... Do you need proof?


You can not call a spade a spade with lies so what spade are you talking about?

Two governors from the [PDP] - Liyel Imoke of Cross River and Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta States - and Godswill Akpabio from Akwa Ibom State by himself, came to me in Abuja, appealing to me to intervene in the situation of the Governors’ Forum, particularly in the disagreement within the PDP governors. Akpabio said starkly in his frank and outspoken manner: “We have messed up and don’t leave us alone. For me, I don’t want to go to jail and my children are too young. I will report our meeting to the President.” Nobody, including President Jonathan, would like to go to jail, and he knew he could, depending on how things turned out or failed to shape from then on.

I have always seen the Governors’ Forum as a type of trade union as they behave that way most of the time. [Jonathan] told the story of how Obong Atta was relieved of his position as chairman and Lucky Igbinedion was enthroned by less than fifty percent of the governors, and of how Bukola Saraki manoeuvred the Forum to serve his presidential ambition.

So these clowns see JAIL in their future? lmao

[b]I was in Sierra Leone on the day Boko Haram [bombed] the UN building in Abuja. As soon as I returned to Nigeria I called the inspector-general of police to hear his views on the issue. I was not impressed with his explanation. I also talked to the then national security adviser and his explanation was substantially blank. I went to Jonathan, the president, on the same issue. His reaction, and his view that Boko Haram were ‘a bunch of riffraffs’ left me even colder.

The one incident that overtly and graphically exposed the ineptitude, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, carelessness, cluelessness, callousness, insensitivity and selfishness of Goodluck Jonathan was the abduction of about 276 school girls from Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram. The reaction and attitude of our president and his household was non-belief, to the extent that 18 days passed before he grudgingly concede to accept the reality of the abduction. If serious action had been taken within 48 hours, the story could have been different.

I was not surprised that the president went dancing twenty-four hours after the Nyanya explosion that took seventy-five lives. I also found believable the statement allegedly credited to the president after both the Nyanya explosion and the Chibok school girls abduction to the effect that since some people in the North had said that they would make Nigerian ungovernable, they could keep on killing and abducting each other.

If these girls are not released, it will be a big dent on the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan, and a dark blot on Nigeria’s reputation and history; and, for years and indeed decades, Nigeria will continue to live with the agony and memory of the action and inaction of leadership regarding the Chibok school girls. But what is more, a bad precedent would have been created; Boko Haram has tasted blood and will always want more… Who knows, another group of terrorists might have learned from Boko Haram. This time it is Chibok; next time it could be Ibogun or Otueke.[/b]

This clown GEJ is bad news I swear...

If what is called ‘corruption’ is stealing, under the watch of Goodluck Jonathan, then government has become legalised and protected robbery.

My Watch: OBJ

When you are weak, ignorant, unintelligent and incompetent with zero self esteem and personal insecurities, you dwell on silly market women nonsense about this and that enemies...

What a crass illiterate...

On President Jonathan's character:

Jonathan is lacking in broad vision, knowledge, confidence, understanding, concentration, capacity, sense of security, courage, moral and ethical principles, character and passion to move the nation forward on a fast trajectory. Although he might wish to do well, he does not know how nor does he have the capacity to. To compound his problem he has not surrounded himself with aides sufficiently imbued with the qualities and abilities to help him out. Most of them are greedy hangers-on or hungry lacklustre characters interested only in their mouths and their pockets

President Jonathan can still make amends to save himself, many of his associates in government, his government, and the nation. If, in the end, he fails he will have no one but himself to blame. He has great opportunities, many of which only come once in a lifetime; and if he misses them it will only be due to his inadequacy, myopia, personal interest and self-aggrandisement, lack of sagacity, wisdom. I hope he can and will avoid having any cause for regret.

The longest period that I have met one-on-one with the president was for one hour and ten minutes. That whole time, the president talked about nothing that was in the interest of Nigeria; instead he kept pointing out his supposed enemies and various matters that would not serve his interests. I could not stop myself from blurting out: “Mr. President, no Nigerian should be your enemy. You have to rule over all of them whether or not they like you. Please, you have to be like rain falling on good and bad people alike.”

An elder statesman who formed a close relationship with President Jonathan very early in his presidency came to the conclusion, after six months, that the president has not got what it takes to lead. It was the same elder statesman who reportedly tried to jolt the president into action by telling him that there were five presidents in Nigeria, and these were his wife the first lady, Deziani, Oduah, Ngozi and the president himself, and that he was the weakest of the five.

My Watch: OBJ.

Do you really think Nigerians in 2015 are into your tired and over used religious bigotry and crass tribalism?

You jokers are dulling because that shittt don't sell no more, find different market.....

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drss:
Just yesterday a CNN Analyst Christian Purefoy was insulted black and blue by Nairaland APC e Warriors because of his honest opinion about the acceptability of Buhari's candidature as APC's flag bearer. To them anyone that speaks against Buhari is a paid agent of Goodluck Jonathan. However, facts emerging from the just concluded APC Presidential primaries suggest that the CNN analyst was right after all. It was discovered that out of a total of 7250 accredited delegates to the primaries, 1,206 of them choose to stay away. Their actions could be interpreted as a clear case of rejection of Buhari's candidature.
On the other hand, a person like Buhari, whom the APC consider as the best Presidential material was expected to clear as much as 70% of the votes to boost his acceptability as the best candidate APC got to offer, but instead he cleared just 57.2% of the total votes cast. This is a clear message that all is not well within the APC.
If Buhari could struggle to get 57.2% to emerge as APC presidential flag bearer, then he has a very slim chance of winning the Presidential elections come 2015.
The analyst was right.

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CNN sacked that clown years ago so what's the meaning of CNN analyst?


Another ignorant and unintelligent thread I must say...

This worthless prostitute is still barking like bingo all over the place?

According to Yoruba people. Aropin ni ti eniyan, si se ni ti Oluwa.....Hate and bitterness shouldn't be your only way to salvation.....

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saint047:
Nigerians are shocked that a total of 1,206 valid votes are still missing in the just concluded APC presidential primaries.

Party leaders that noticed this after the winner was declared, were dumbfounded to note that the joint aspirants voted totalled 5,992 Votes against the 7,214 valid votes. The question then is, what happened to the 1,206 votes?

1] Pa Muhammadu Buhari - 3,430***** [47.5%]
2] Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso - 974 ******[13.5%
3] Alhaji Atiku Abubakar ---- 954 *******[13.2%]
4] Mr Rochas Okorocha ----- 624 *******[8.6%]
5] Mr Sam Nda Isiah ---------- 10 ********[ 0.001%]
A total of 16 votes were declared Void.
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16 + 5,992 Votes.*** 83%
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Was the APC primaries pre-determined and the public deceived by pre-arranged show, as seen on the television.
Nigerians demands explanations, because if this Primaries was conducted by INEC and about 17% of valid votes got missing without explanation, by now over 3,000 Nigerians should have been roasted alive by party mobs.

Nigerians can do better!!!

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Another trash from Hope For Nigeria aka hate and bigotry Facebook page full of the usual suspects and tribal bigots...


You can not win this battle, not this time..

Chigold101:
does it have E-Copy?

OBJ is producing his book outside Nigeria... After he willl blame GEJ for unemployment... Does it mean that no press in Nigeria can handle the printing?
decievers them all be...(see bekee)

With GEJ's joblessness, petty and vindictive behavior, does it mean he wont use the same police and SSS to shut the place down and render the same Nigerians jobless like he did when he shut down APC's Data center and locked up 27 workers for days..?

What about the unemployed young Nigerians he scammed and killed and even refused to give back the money he scammed from them?

This worthless president is still in office and not impeached or jail because Nigeria is a very lawless and fractured country...

With all the serious issues facing the country, our security agencies are chasing common books all over the place like jobless clowns.

Show's you how petty, weak thinking and absurd this president worthless man is.

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darediamond:
And ever since you have been pampering them, what have you been repayed with Mr.Wisdom?Your level of reasoning can bé likened to them up there too.
The day you see fire, you will never in your life abuse cold.
Keep on running without stopping to rest and let see if you will never get tired.
Anyway it's your life and path.

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I don't take trolls seriously and I don't waste my time on them...