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EmmySparky:
Surely its anambra state governor...obiano willie willie

I just went through your posts I noticed you reside in Lagos, 2 you are still young and you favorite is romance section, so my advice, you know little about what is happening in Anambra State, Gov Obiano antecedents doesn't show in romance section, because that's were you spent your time when ever you are online, last but not the least stay away from candies, pay more attention in your studies.

bloodyBLOGGER:
do you want the Akure treatment?

I have been to that poor town you called capital I was told what transpired, you guys are not ashamed flexing muscles with that small Igbo community trying to give life to that dead village you called capital.

Omoakinsuyi:
All these rubbish Eze Ndigbo should be banished in Yorubaland. What an affront?

Ndi Ara, Ibadan was once rated as city with highest mental cases in Nigeria Oba is due for checkup, Yorubas should channel their grievances to Buhari and Osunbade they are the cause of nation palava not Ndi Igbo, one of your own committed suicide today in Lagos canal because of harsh economy, you are worried about Igbo, https://www.nairaland.com/3007051/200-billion-repatriated-back-nigeria. Imagine fire dey burn your house, your chasing something else, that's stupidit.y folks!

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seyi360:
Let me start by asking those who propagate the obnoxious theory that Yorubas are cowards how they arrived at that notion? What yardsticks or parameters was deployed to measure cowardice? Perhaps an experiment was carried out at some social science laboratory that led to the conclusion that Yorubas are cowards. I really would love to know. Probably there were circumstances or situations devoid of delusional thinking that supports the claim. Someone please fill me in.
When I ask other tribes why they think that Yorubas are cowards, they say that the Yoruba man is afraid to fight for fear of his life.
I honestly think it's a shameful thing for any group of people to beat their chest and say they are not afraid to die.
It's the height of irresponsibility for any group of people to take their lives for granted in a bid to prove that they are brave.
Sophisticated stupidity is the only reason why anyone would endanger his life in a quest to prove bravery, not taking into cognizance the grief his demise would cause his family and the responsibilities his death would leave behind.

Those who are bereft of the intellectual capacity to analytically navigate their ways through conflicts will inevitably resort to violence.
In this age when civility and diplomatic alliances has substituted volatility and aggression, it's absolutely ridiculous for any group of people to take pride in their self acclaimed ability to fight and die fighting for any cause.
Unlike these group of people who are ready to kill and destroy and don't mind been killed in the act, the Yoruba man values and appreciates life. He knows that life has no duplicate and he is ready to protect it jealously.

Therefore, he would rather maneuver and negotiate himself out of death and destruction instead of fighting and probably lose his life and property.
A Yoruba adage says "Moja mosa lakinkanju", meaning a true warrior knows when to attack and when to retreat. A warrior who doesn't know how to retreat will not make it home to tell war tales.

This act of wisdom was epitomized by the protagonist of the Civil War, Ojukwu when he retreated to Ivory coast, without which he would have been captured or murdered.

However, when it becomes inevitable to defend one's life, family and nation, it's on record how the Ibadan warriors defended their city against terrorists from the north.
The exploits of the late General Benjamin Adekunle and other Yoruba officers who wasted Biafra soilders and prevented them from actualising their Biafra dream is on record.
Have we forgotten so quickly the role played by the legendary music icon, the abami eda himself, Fela Anikulapo Kuti who used the instrumentality of music to criticize and checkmate the excesses of Military dictatorship in this country. He even lost his mother in the struggle. If that wasn't bravery, then what exactly is bravery?
The late Chief MKO Abiola was offered freedom from prison by Abacha, he rejected the offer, stuck to his guns, defied all threats, stood by his mandate and lost his wife(kudirat) in the struggle.
Perhaps the ultimate sacrifice he paid for the democracy we boast of in Nigeria today is not a sign of bravery. Someone please tell me what bravery is.

What shall we say of the likes of late Pa Adekunle Ajasin, Abraham Adesanya, Bola Ige, Tunji Braithwaite, Wole Soyinka, Bola Tinubu, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Yinka Odumakin and others who in the face of death and hell radically and vehemently opposed in unequivocal terms the tyranny and draconian ways of the power drunk General Sanni Abacha. Even IBB couldn't sleep with both eyes closed for fear of these fearless freedom and justice fighters. If that wasn't a manifestation of bravery, may be these people need to return to school to know what bravery is.

By the way, the most radical and outspoken governor today is a Yoruba man in the person of Ayodele Fayose.

For 16 consecutive years, the South west courageously stood in the opposition challenging and check mating the federal government, unlike these political prostitutes who gallivant with anyone in power and lay claim to bravery by blowing up pipelines, kidnapping innocent people and killing themselves.

I also hear them say "Yoruba man no get mind". They say this in a derogatory way to slight him and make him feel he is weak. This comment is made mostly when an evil is about to be perpetuated, these people love money more than their very life and would betray, murder and do the unimaginable to get it. To them, been evil and merciless is the definition of bravery.
In other words, their understanding of bravery is swiftness to wickedness.
The average Yoruba man is not cultured to be brutal, mean and merciless. He would rather show mercy, respect and kindness.

Yorubas are adorned with intellectual dexterity that transcends the temptation of irrational aggression.
To balance this, let's even take it to the level of rascality, thuggery and street fighting. The Hausa community at different times in the south west has engaged their hosts in rioting, as expected they met their Waterloo.

So how on earth did anyone arrived at the notion that Yorubas are cowards?
A Niger delta activist once said on a television interview that unlike other tribes known for armed militancy, evidenced by the alarming rate of pipeline vandalism, kidnappings and bomb explosions that has ravaged their land, the South west geopolitical zone is known for intellectual militancy.

Intellectual militancy instead of armed militancy explains why Ekiti state parades the highest number of professors in the country.

Intellectual militancy instead of armed militancy explains why the most astute and skillful Nigerian politician today is none other than the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Jagaban of Borgu who took after the most competent of Nigeria's founding fathers, the great Chief Obafemi Awolowo whose political integrity and wisdom has no match till date.

Intellectual militancy instead of armed militancy explains why the South west records the lowest rate of kidnapping, vandalism and explosions. Because we prefer to talk than to fight.

Intellectual militancy instead of armed militancy explains why these special group of people are the most enlightened, most educated, most exposed, most social, most respectful, most politically and spiritually correct not just in Nigeria, perhaps in the whole of West Africa.
In a nutshell, when next some persons calls you, Yoruba man or woman a coward, let them know that we are not cowards, rather we have a second thought to violence.

South West is Nigeria’s kidnap capital- Report
“A result of a recent survey it conducted shows that you are more likely to be abducted in the South West than any other region in Nigeria.”
Contrary to the perception that kidnapping is more prevalent in the South East and South South geo-political zones, a recent survey shows that people are more likely to be kidnapped in the South West than any other region in Nigeria.
The 2013 National Crime Victimisation and Safety Survey conducted by CLEEN Foundation with support from the United States based Macarthur Foundation shows that the South West has the highest incidents of kidnapping with 5 per cent of the respondent from the region saying they have either been kidnapped or attempts have been made to kidnap them.
The South South and the South East closely follows with 4 per cent kidnap rate. The region with the lowest rate of kidnapping is the North Central region with 2 per cent.
Rape and Attempted Rape
With 10 per cent incident of rape or attempted rape, the South South region is the rape capital of the country followed by the North East (6 per cent) and the South West and North West (4 per cent each). The South East is the region with the lowest propensity for rape with just 1 per cent.
The survey also shows that the national incidence of rape almost doubled from 3 per cent in 2011 to 5 per cent in 2013. Most of the respondent who claimed to have been raped said they were raped in and around their homes. Thirty-three per cent said they were raped nearest to their homes; 19 per cent were raped in their homes while 13 per cent cases of rape occurred in schools or place of work.


Robberies
The survey shows that cases of robbery rose 1 per cent from last year nationally. Kaduna recorded the highest cases of robbery with 43 per cent closely followed by Akwa-Ibom 42 per cent and Cross River 39 per cent. Jigawa and Kano States recorded the lowest cases of robbery with 5 and 3 per cents respectively.
The survey shows that more needs to be done about security in and around homes as 63 per cent of respondents said robberies occurred in homes or nearest to home.
Physical Assaults
South Eastern states recorded the highest rate of physical assaults, the report showed. Enugu State had the highest cases of assault with 84 per cent, closely followed by Ebonyi (77 per cent) Rivers (58 per cent) and Anambra (50 per cent). The cases of physical assault in Abuja rose from 15 per cent last year to 24 per cent. However cases of physical assault dropped drastically in Niger State from 68 per cent in 2012 to 6 per cent this year. Also physical assault dropped from 23 per cent in 2012 to 8 per cent this year in Jigawa State
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/147105-south-west-nigerias-kidnap-capital-report.html

Sirsubway1:
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This jobless tout is still here chest besting, stop comparing Ogun state with your erosion ravaged forest, its an insult to Ogun people. Face your dead region and leave the SW out of your smelly akpu mouth.

Yaba patient, It will be great insult to Anambra to compare brown roof village, you called state to Anambra, thank God for Lagos "no man's land", Opoherre I know next post from you is to insult your H mother, because that what you learnt from your drunkard father, your suppose to be discharged from Yaba before the end of this year, but from my observation when ever you see my post you mental case multiples, I will recommend to yaba psychiatric hospital to extend you treatment, I can offer to pay your bills if your necessitous P can't afford your bills. poor ewedu brain

Omotaday:
Amosun does not make noise. i just shake my head when i read about Anambra everyday announcement of a project. Amosun is doing more than that and nobody bats an eye.

I can sense envy from your post what is the business with Anambra and Ogun state, the thread was open by your brother to mock southeast, not knowing when Onitsha flyovers and Enugu flyovers were built, southwestern states still dey wear diapers except no man's land. Before you start e-war visit this Onitsha thread, just one city thread out of three cities in Anambra, you can copy me if you are ready
https://www.nairaland.com/3027070/onitsha-one-biggest-river-port

Alertz3:
Serious guyman doing everything possible to penetrate the present govt. Buhari must give you attention sooner or later.

Ewedu envious of Uba's achievements, Buhari should give Tinubu and Otedola attention first, these are old guymen

gebest:
point of correction, ondo state has no flyover

He is alluding cathedral pedestal bridge as flyover don't mind the local boy

VANHELLSING:
Subway the coward, you are ever predictable, when will u change this ur trademark response. Atleast try to be creative a bit, u are danm boring and insipid.

Why you dey reply the goat his is pained
I always ignore him, I know his brain is filled with ewedu, he enjoys been stupi.d his the same person using obiofonitsha moniker

chiefobdk:
so u want to turn this thread to anambra vs imo baaa.


yorubad people sef

No mind them, I know his game

VANHELLSING:
Well, u don't blame a yoruba man who for the rest of his life has not gone pass ore and only rely on OSUN DEFENDER newspaper for information about other state.

OmoIgala:
Yes , I said it......
Without Port harcourt, Rivers is basically another Bayelsa.
And without Oil/Gas, both are basically a Swampy version of Ebonyi.

I blame the Itsekiri Ijaw crisis for raising the profile of PH, cos Warri and PH would have been a bit more on par.

I doubt you know Ebonyi fair better and boost of natural resources than Ekiti and Osun

The Nation newspaper

Seven states control 90% of cash transactions, says CBN
Lagos and the six other states control about 90 per cent of the total cash transactions in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.
The other states are Rivers, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
This, according to the CBN Deputy Governor (Operations), Mr. Tunde Lemo, was the reason the states were being slated for the second phase of the cash-less project billed to kick off on the July 1.
http://thenationonlineng.net/seven-states-control-90-of-cash-transactions-says-cbn/

OmoIgala:
Bla bla bla......
Tell me what states like Rivers produce outside the oil industry, Even Abia...... I still doubt its inclusion on the list.
by the way, the article didn't say the list was made proportionally apart from the obvious fact we know that Lagos is no 1.
This is 2016 , and I am sure Ogun will be somewhere in the top 3 to 4 by now.

I don't blame you, you are asking what Rivers and Abia produce outside oil

YourNemesis:
I am sure Lagos and Ogun together have like 70-75% while the others share the remaining 25%
lol... it say the top states, but doesn't actually give the proportion that each state controls..... lol

Lagos is nation common wealth developed by all, Ogun state is second to last on the list

ObiofOnitsha:
Stale news.

Published On: Thu, May 30th, 2013

Internet is there to provide information, some were not preview, when CBN passed the information, this is facts with CBN, these states control 90% of cash transactions in the country, if you have recent information from CBN that says otherwise kindly share

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Abuja is a planned city,[5] and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos, though the latter remains the country's most populous city. Abuja's geography is defined by Aso Rock, a 400-metre monolith left by water erosion. The Presidential Complex, National Assembly, Supreme Court and much of the city extend to the south of the rock. Zuma Rock, a 792-metre monolith, lies just north of the city on the road to Kaduna State.
At the 2006 census, the city of Abuja had a population of 776,298,[6] making it one of the ten most populous cities in Nigeria. According to the United Nations, Abuja grew at the rate of 139.7% between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest growing city in the world.[7] As of 2015[update], the city is still experiencing an annual growth of at least 35%, still retaining its position as the fastest growing city on the African continent and one of the fastest in the world.[8] Abuja has witnessed a huge influx of people into the city; the growth has led to the emergence of satellite towns such as Karu Urban Area, Suleja, Gwagwalada, Lugbe, Kuje and smaller settlements to which the planned city is sprawling.

Ògùn is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created in 1976, it borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the north, Ondo State to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west. Abeokuta is the capital and largest city in the state. The state's nickname is "Gateway to Nigeria". It was created in February 1976 from the former Western State. The 2006 census recorded a total population of 3,751,140 residentsOther cities and towns in the Ogun State are Ijebu Ode, Sagamu, Ijebu Igbo, Ilaro Ayetoro and Ota. Ogun State has several local and international businesses and factories strategically sited within the 2 km government acquisition area of the Lagos - Sagamu expressway

Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria.[4] Created on May 27, 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, Bauchi State to the south-east and Kaduna State to the south-west. The capital of Kano State is Kano.
The state originally included Jigawa State which was made a separate state in 1991
Subsistence and commercial agriculture is mostly practiced in the outlying districts of the state. Some of the food crops cultivated are millet, cowpeas, sorghum, maize and rice for local consumption while groundnuts and cotton are produced for export and industrial purposes. During the colonial period and several years after the country’s independence, the groundnuts produced in the state constituted one of the major sources revenue of the country. Kano State is a major producer of hides and skins, sesame, soybean, cotton, garlic, gum arabic and chili pepper.

Abia State, which occupies about 5,834 square kilometres, is bounded on the north and northeast by the states of Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi. To the west of Abia is Imo State, to the east and southeast are Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State, and to the south is Rivers State. The southern part of the State lies within the riverine part of Nigeria. It is low-lying tropical rain forest with some oil-palm brush.[5] the southern portion gets heavy rainfall of about 2,400 millimetres (94 in) per year especially intense between the months of April through October. The rest of the State is moderately high plain and wooded savanna.[5] The most important rivers in Abia State are the Imo and Aba Rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean through Akwa Ibom State
Crude oil and gas production is a prominent activity, as it contributes over 39% of the State's GDP.[6] However, the Indigenous oil companies, through the Marginal Fields Programme (MFP) have not found it easy to attract the requisite funding and infrastructural capacity to explore some of the marginal oil fields, about 50 in the State.[7]
, Abia has much arable land that produces yams, maize, potatoes, rice, cashews, plantains, taro, and cassava.[5] Oil palm is the most important cash crop.[5]

Anambra is a state in southeastern Nigeria. Its name is an anglicized version of the original 'Oma Mbala', the native name of the Anambra River. The capital and seat of government is Awka. Onitsha and Nnewi are the biggest commercial and industrial cities respectively. The state's theme is "Light Of The Nation".

Boundaries are formed by Delta State to the west, Imo State and Rivers State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi State to the north. The origin of the name is derived from the Anambra River (Omambala) which is a tributary of the River Niger.
Anambra is the eighth most populated state in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the second most densely populated state in Nigeria after Lagos State. The stretch of more than 45 km between Oba and Amorka contains a cluster of numerous thickly populated villages and small towns giving the area an estimated average density of 1,500–2,000 persons per square kilometre.
Anambra is rich in natural gas, crude oil, bauxite, ceramic and has an almost 100 percent arable soil.
Anambra state has many other resources in terms of agro-based activities like fishery and farming, as well as land cultivated for pasturing and animal husbandry.Anambra State has the lowest poverty rate in Nigeria

Rivers State, also known simply as Rivers, is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. According to census data released in 2006, the state has a population of 5,185,400, making it the sixth-most populous state in the country.[3] Its capital, Port Harcourt is the largest city and is economically significant as the centre of Nigeria's oil industry. Rivers State is bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North by Imo, Abia and Anambra States, to the East by Akwa Ibom State and to the West by Bayelsa and Delta states. It is home to many indigenous ethnic groups: Ikwerre, Ibani, Opobo, Eleme, Okrika, and Kalabari, Etche, Ogba, Ogoni, Engenni and others. The people from Rivers State are known as "Riverians".
The inland part of the state consists of tropical rainforest; towards the coast the typical Niger Delta environment features many mangrove swamps.

Rivers State, named after the many rivers that border its territory, was part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 till 1893, when it became part of the Niger Coast Protectorate. In 1900 the region was merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company to form the colony of Southern Nigeria. The state was formed in 1967 with the split of the Eastern Region of Nigeria. Until 1996 the state contained the area now known as Bayelsa State
Rivers State has maintained its importance as a leading supplier of wealth to the nation for centuries. In 2007, the state ranked 2nd nationwide with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $21.07 billion and a per capita income of $3,965.
Natural resource The state is famous for its vast reserves of crude oil and natural gas. It was perhaps the richest and most important section of the African zone of the British Empire. Rivers State has two major oil refineries, two major seaports, airports, and various industrial estates spread across the land. More than 60% of the country’s output of crude oil is produced in the state. Other natural resources found within its boundaries are silica sand, glass sand and clay

Lagos is the most populous city in Lagos State and in Nigeria as a whole. The conurbation is the second fastest-growing city in Africa and one of the most populous in the world.[9] As of 2015, the population of Lagos city is approximately 16 million.[10] Lagos is a port which originated on islands separated by creeks, such as Lagos Island, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 kilometres (62 miles) east and west of the mouth. The Metropolitan area of Lagos include: Ikeja (which is the capital of Lagos State) and Agege and Mushin.
Lagos State is the economic nerve centre of Nigeria. It would be the fifth largest economy in Africa if it were a country

[quote author=HopeAtHand post=44389512][/quote]Nigeria: Bayelsa Beckons On Investors to Grow Economy
For three days between the 16th and 19th of July, the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa, hosted an array of policy experts, company executives, business leaders and top government officials, who converged to have a close look at the issues of development in the state. The occasion was the maiden Bayelsa Investment and Economic Forum with the theme: "Unlocking Bayelsa State's Economic Potentials: Opportunities and Challenges" which drew over 400 participants from across the world. The forum was organized to showcase the state's investment potentials to investors, who could take advantage of the government's ambitious drive to diversify its economy via private sector participation.

Declaring the event open, President Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented by the Vice President, Arc. Namadi Sambo, was categorical in his endorsement of the state government's development initiatives to bolster its economy and recommended the vast economic resources that abound in the state to prospective investors, urging them to see Bayelsa as a haven of investment opportunities. He, however, harped on the need for peace and unity without, which no meaningful development can take place not only in the Niger Delta, but the nation as a whole. He noted that, the unique coastline and green vegetation of the State, if well harnessed, would increase the State's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

In his remarks, Governor Seriake Dickson, who was enthusiastic about the large turnout and participation, spelt out the rationale for the inward looking approach by the state government to diversify its economy and the clarion call on serious investors to come into the state and invest. According to him, his conviction on the on-going economic restructuring was informed by his " observation on first-hand, the acute poverty and huge challenges of unemployment and job creation" adding that, he became further convinced that "building a robust, productive and diversified economy was not just going to be an imperative, but was rather going to be a priority". Accordingly, on assumption of duty, he said, most of the critical steps he took were aimed at building the cardinal imperative upon which the government's policy thrust will be delivered.

No doubt, these are courageous perspectives. Indeed, the governor's convictions are not only necessary with similar economies in the nation today, because of their peculiar under-development indices, but also apply globally where the issues of job creation and poverty alleviation remain on the front burner of public discourses. For there can hardly be any meaningful development in an economy without a sound productive base. The situation in Bayelsa State, the governor noted, had become increasingly unsustainable considering the huge cost of running the government vis-à-vis the cost of development and thus the logical way forward was to create alternative means of generating income by building productive capacities. The larger context is to prepare the state for an economy beyond oil and gas, which is a smart policy drive in an era of unpredictability in the oil market and the obvious implications.

Governor Dickson explained the systematic steps the government has so far taken to arrive at this point of convincing and attracting investors to the state, noting in particular the challenge of security, now overcome, as the state had spent huge resources in providing effective security network across the state, which had consequently ensured the peace and serene atmosphere in the state. The governor was emphatic on this note, saying it is a fact that he authenticates every morning from automatically generated system call logs. Reinforcing his convictions on the tranquility that now pervades the state, Dickson went on to inform the crowd of participants at the investment and economic forum, that the success of the government's efforts in addressing the security challenges had led to the return of nightlife and businesses to Yenagoa.

To prove his point, Governor Dickson led the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, ministers and some select business leaders on a guided tour of the security facility in the state, which was seen as revolutionary.

The governor also highlighted the strategic importance of building relevant infrastructure like roads and bridges, cargo and passenger airports, rail

lines and sea port and tourism facilities necessary in opening up the state for the anticipated rate of development, noting the serious efforts his administration has made to record the level of infrastructure now in the state. Yet for a government, which is emphasizing agriculture and tourism as the bedrock of its economic diversification, so much still needed to be done and to achieve that, the participation of the private sector becomes crucial and this is why the government is asking those who can see the future possibilities as envisaged by it, to come on board and invest. Aside agriculture and tourism, Bayelsa State is equally banking on the huge business and economic potentials in power generation, oil and gas, fertilizer production and manufacturing. Realizing the ambitious aims of government in these areas, is however, tied to the basic infrastructure, which in the words of Governor Dickson, can then facilitate the intention of 'hitting the Atlantic Ocean where our real wealth lies".

The government is, therefore, willing to welcome investors, who will relate with it in Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) or under any other arrangement to accelerate the development of the various sectors of the state's economy. To demonstrate its seriousness, the government has established the Bayelsa Development and Investment Corporation (BDIC) and the Bayelsa Investment Promotion Agency (BIPA) acting as catalyst of development. The BDIC, for instance, with offices in London and Johannesburg, has the mandate of infrastructure financing, development financing and investment financing. Its investment models are those of state-owned/private management, private investment/joint venture, private-public-partnership (PPP) and other hybrid investment models. The BDIC, Governor Dickson said, has an asset base of over N300 billion, which was set up to drive government's public-private-partnership for the overall development of the state as government alone could not shoulder the responsibility of addressing the development challenges in the state.

Critical areas of infrastructure development, which serious investors could key into in the thinking of the government, are the road and rail projects from Yenagoa-Ekeremor-Agge, a distance of over 110 km, where a deep seaport will be built. Feasibility studies and preliminary designs have since been commissioned on the deep seaport and now in the process of being finalized. Also the government has surveyed 20,000 hectares of land to host a new port city coming up in that vicinity. Incorporated within this city will be a free trade zone for which the process of obtaining Federal Government's approval has commenced. The second road is the Ogbia-Nembe-Brass road and rail project, a distance of over 105km, where series of investments in the oil and gas sector will be taking place, connecting the East Senatorial Zone projects like the Brass LNG project, Brass Fertilizer project with investment value of $3.3 billion and BP/BannerGas Aggregation Terminal also taking place along this corridor. And the third road is the Yenagoa-Oporoma-Koluama road project meant to open up the Central Senatorial Zone and the state's forest reserves for agricultural business and lumbering. The government is, therefore, calling on investors to partner with it on PPP basis. Similar projects of economic significance in the state are the development of a cargo and passenger airport in conjunction with the Federal Government, which hopefully, will be ready in 2015, and the Agge seaport with 15 metres depth, which is the deepest draft in the country. There is also the industrial park, housing, and heavy and light manufacturing. The project expected to start soon, will have an inland port with warehousing and storage facilities around the corridor linking Bayelsa and Anambra State to take advantage of the legion of importers and business community in the eastern part of the country.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408042696.html

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HopeAtHand:
The River Niger that demarcates Onitsha from Aasaba splits into the Nun and Forcados rivers as it empties into the atlantic ocean.

The Nun river seem the straightest course but that is the river between Bayelsa and Delta. That is the heart of Ijawland. If you have to dredge it, you have to sack some communities.

No need getting emotional, im SS/SE like you.

My brother the problem is from those that never wish us well, are lucky the way we are they will not make not dredge deep sea port in all the coastal states? They now what they are doing, imaging Onitsha without functional sea port, the city is still booming, they have the highest importers in this country, even Nnewi, they are frightened, they don't want to lose Nigerian business hub to east, that why I'm very angry with GEJ he has all the opportunity to turn things around, he was lily-livered, he was busy licking their ass they end up frustrating him.


Onitsha Port: Anambra shippers task FG

The Anambra State Shippers Association has called on the Federal Government to gazette Onitsha River-Port as final destination for container goods coming into the country. This was just as the association commended the government for making Warri Seaport functional as wharf of final destination for cargo goods. The President of the association, Mr. Emma Akpaka, made the call at the weekend, in Onitsha, while speaking with newsmen on the recent move by the association to adopt Warri wharf as destination for all its container goods. He noted that Warri Port was cut off from cargo transportation for about 10 years on flimsy excuses, as if deposits of many natural resources in Nigeria were a divine mistake. “When the news filtered in that it has opened for business, shippers doubted it until Julius Berger Services Nig. Ltd assembled importers/exporters on August 5 in Onitsha and August 6 in Nnewi, to confirm the good news.

“Another spice to the business in Warri wharf is that Julius Berger Services has floated vessels that carry containers from any location in the world to Warri Port at cheaper rate. “Anambra shippers received this information with skepticism until Mr. Thilo Ackermann, the General Manager of the company, took enough time to convince shippers that the company ventured into shipping after a solid foundation that equally considered the reputation of the mother company.” He said it was excitement galore as shippers in the state heaved a sigh of relief that henceforth, their containers will come through Warri Port faster and cheaper. The shippers’ boss said his association decided to work in Warri Port because of its proximity to Onitsha and Nnewi, the commercial and industrial hubs of the South-East respectively. However, he urged that the Customs and other relevant agencies should be transparent and avoid, “strange and frustrating rules that breed suspicion.
http://thecitizenng.com/other-news/onitsha-port-anambra-shippers-task-fg/

I once heard Timipre Silver on Channels TV during Bayelsa economic submit, that Bayelsa will striking deal with Anambra state government on port

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