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The true enemy of nations progress.

This same cowards are quick to say igbos should go back to the east,

The day that mass movement will start, they will still oppose it but unfortunately,they will wake up to it one day

Good2go1:
https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/17/port-congestion-lagos-blames-npa-policies-rejects-shift-of-operations-to-warri/

Hahahahahaha

Look at these hypocritically cornfused lots.

You want to enjoy monopoly of ports in Nigeria so you can be intimidating people abi.

Ko le work

'He identified multiple bottlenecks, including excessive toll points, a malfunctioning e-call-up system, favouritism and racketeering, abuse of authority by senior officials, and misleading narratives pushed through truck unions, as key contributors to the persistent logjam."

Good point he made.

But, Lagos port has always been congested. Any policy that enables Lagos to be the only functional port for goods going to all part of Nigeria should be discouraged. Lagos state is building additional ports for a reason, isn't it? What reason?

Government should be deliberate in evenly spread development, let all part of Nigeria exploit their comparative advantages.

Ikaeniyan0:
Look at what is happening under a Yoruba president? What the son of the Niger Delta couldn't do.

Is he not the master planner of Lagos State

You don't need NPA to tell you to take your cargo to warri. If it pays you to do why not just go there quietly and leave Lagos to it's opinion

Good2go1:
Why would a state that complains about people—particularly Igbo—trooping into Lagos oppose a plan to shift port operations away from Lagos, knowing that such a move could reduce the Igbo population in the state, since Igbo are the highest users of the ports?

mrvitalis:
Any South South person that thinks a Yoruba president would ever open South South ports is living in a fools paradise

It's only an Igbo president that would make South South port work only an Igbo president

North doesn't care really

But a south south president was there and he never made any attempt to open up the ports
You guys should stop making serious national issues a tribal contest

Good2go1:
Why would a state that complains about people—particularly Igbo—trooping into Lagos oppose a plan to shift port operations away from Lagos, knowing that such a move could reduce the Igbo population in the state, since Igbo are the highest users of the ports?

Empty chest beating as usual.

Importers decide the final port destination and they always choose a port closest to their market base

If igbos are in Lagos solely because of the ports then what are millions your igbo brothers doing in Kaduna and Kano? Are they there because of the ports too?

You guys overestimate your worth. You spend the whole day criticizing other tribes who you depend upon for your source of livelihood in every state. You see why people call you economic migrants? Your region is not conducive for you to do business yet you go to other states and insult those who graciously host you.

This same attitude attitude is the Reason why other tribes do not trust you with political leadership

Hu

benardtotti:
This headline is misleading. The commissioner raised a valid point, Lagos is not the cause of the backward system in the port, if they don't address the root cause, same issue happening in Lagos will come up within 5 years in warri port

Our leaders love cosmetic fixes to serious issues too much.

so warri port should stay idol while Lagos port enjoy all the benefits right? The way you guys think a times make laugh

Okoroawusa:
I know that I will find someone from my tribe that will tribalize this thread. E sure me die!

Aru mere unu!

A Yeluba man has spoken.

One day one day Una eyes go clear make una think say we Niger Delta no get sense no worries time dey come. Una dey use our oil money like water dey develop Una land mo worry oo time shall tell. They deliberately crippled all the seaports in the south south region to enable Lagos control the entire process it's well noted .

mrvitalis:
Any South South person that thinks a Yoruba president would ever open South South ports is living in a fools paradise

It's only an Igbo president that would make South South port work only an Igbo president

North doesn't care really

I believe you can read.

Davidson1010:
Can you imagine! Don't worry... A Yoruba man won't be in power for ever... Power will definitely shift and when it does... Till then.

When power shift before wetin happen?

Sirjamo:
Small thing, we are the highest users of ports, that's why we are trooping to Lagos yen yen yen

Go to Kaduna and Kano, them full there like flies.
Na port still carry una go Kano?

go to London your people that never visit naija for the last Forty years yapa for there

mrvitalis:
Any South South person that thinks a Yoruba president would ever open South South ports is living in a fools paradise

It's only an Igbo president that would make South South port work only an Igbo president

North doesn't care really

What about a South South president where there are more ports in that region?

How this quickly turned into a tribal war is surprising. Igbos weren’t even mentioned in the report. Every state is fighting for their interest. I guess Lagos wants to maintain its near monopoly of Nigeria’s ports

Now you Can Understand How Yoruba People Think, At Least This Is An Opportunity For influxes of Igbos to Lagos to Be Reduced, Now Yorubas Are Opposing it, if Warri & Calabar Port Opens For Operation, Lagos Will Sink

2mch:
Fake news. It’s the people importing that decide where they want their goods to land. Not NPA. Why will I live in Lagos and pay for shipping from abroad to a location that is far from my market. When daily post want to write propaganda, at least use one brain cell to do it. Shipping lines already have their stated ports and routes before payment for shipping.

let federal government give landing rights to Enugu airport so KLM Lufthansa Turkish airline British airways air France can be landing their also stop pretending like you don't know

Okoroawusa:
I know that I will find someone from my tribe that will tribalize this thread. E sure me die!

Aru mere unu!

I believe you live outside Igbo land
That's why you are talking this trash
Is there any thing wrong in what he said
Nigeria is a tribalistic nation, right from independence,
So you are amongst those people that choose silence in the face of oppression?
How can a whole country wirh population of over 250 million people operate one sea port while others lie waste, so you don't know it's deliberate?
And they same people will be shouting leave our state

Davidson1010:
Can you imagine! Don't worry... A Yoruba man won't be in power for ever... Power will definitely shift and when it does... Till then.

This has nothing to do with yoruba or no Yoruba. The ports belong to the federal government. Lagos State has its own ports. Managers of federal ports don't need permission to decongest ports. They should redirect the goods to other ports too. Every part of this country deserves development.

Lagos wharfs is the joker northern politicians are using to get southwest votes the day they will share it will be a game changer,see small country Ireland and see how many wharfs they are using

The pretense is clear.
The truth is coming out.
The Lagos lobby is responsible for the ports debacle that has plagued this country for ages and by extension the underdeveloped of infrastructure in other coastal states...abi.

benardtotti:
This headline is misleading. The commissioner raised a valid point, Lagos is not the cause of the backward system in the port, if they don't address the root cause, same issue happening in Lagos will come up within 5 years in warri port

Our leaders love cosmetic fixes to serious issues too much.

No, he didn't raise any valid points. If Lagos continues to import and export everything used in this country, it will remain a chaos.

Traffic should be redirected to other parts of the country to reduce Lagos chaos and spread developments across the country.

This is what the South West have been doing to hold this country hostage since after the civil war.

Lagos is just one of the 36 states of that country but enjoys very devilish , godless monopoly over every other coastal state despite being not the only state sitting across the Atlantic ocean.

Davidson1010:
Can you imagine! Don't worry... A Yoruba man won't be in power for ever... Power will definitely shift and when it does... Till then.

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This has little to do with Yoruba. There are two groups--a few elites of Yoruba descent who are enjoying all the perks of power AND majority urchins who cheer them on while languishing in abject poverty.

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Let the monopoly the npa currently enjoys to totally control ports activities in nigeria be removed and given to states then u will definitely see all major ports in nigeria functioning to their full capacity. With nigeria's huge population of over 230m nigeria should be having so many functioning ports to service it's huge population and not be operating a monopolistic port system that favours only one state. The united States alone has 666 functioning ports while Canada with just a population of just 41m has over 250 functioning ports.

Apapa should not be the only functional seaport in Nigeria. Let the government bring other seaports to the level of the Lagos seaport to ease congestion and reduce the time of clearing goods that enter into Nigeria. Time for Lagos economy to crumble is very near. Time for Igbos to leave Lagos voluntarily is coming. Then Calabar, Warri, akwaibom etc will be far better than Lagos. Anything Lagos is boasting of today will be in the past. Then Lagos will be left for the Yorubas alone.

Kukutente23:
But a south south president was there and he never made any attempt to open up the ports
You guys should stop making serious national issues a tribal contest

Jonathan argued that importers don't like using the eastern ports because Lagos has a bigger market. Lagos State has enjoyed import and export monopoly for a long time. If has attracted most of the wealthy business men and women in Nigeria.

If Nigeria genuinely wants to spread development, it has to be intentional. They have to give massive incentives to people who use the eastern ports and make sure the waterways are free from piracy too. That's the only way to decongest Lagos ports.

mrvitalis:
Any South South person that thinks a Yoruba president would ever open South South ports is living in a fools paradise

It's only an Igbo president that would make South South port work only an Igbo president

North doesn't care really

Hahahaha....

I guess President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan wasn't Igbo enough for your lots to open the ports in the South South...... really...?

Good2go1:
Why would a state that complains about people—particularly Igbo—trooping into Lagos oppose a plan to shift port operations away from Lagos, knowing that such a move could reduce the Igbo population in the state, since Igbo are the highest users of the ports?

must you clowns always make every news about Lagos ibos? You clowns just like to overhype your existence btw show us any verifiable stats that shows ibos re the highest user of the Lagos port? Lagos and by extension, Sw is the industrial power house of the country with several industries importing raw materials and also some landlocked countries like Niger, chad etc make use of the Lagos ports. There are also export of agric produce such as cocoa etc and other ethnicities use the port too. People import cars, most of the car stand in Lagos are owned by Yorubas……so where does this illusion comes from that your empty noise maker are the major user of Lagos port? And btw are all the Ibos that migrated to Lagos in search of greener pastures all importers? the world doesn’t revolve around you chest beaters. There are still other functional ports aside Lagos eg onne, why not all make use of that and let Lagos be? The fact still remains that you clowns needs Lagos more than it need you economic migrants and that’s fact

Good idea it must not be only Lagos,even kogi too just that kogi own is Thier government are not serious