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Phoen1X:
Nawa o, thought their daily lamentations about decongesting Lagos was genuine,,,,, now they're retreating.

hypocrites

cocolacec:
How does a discussion about port decongestion involve the Ibos?
Are the Igbos the only tribe using Lagos ports in Nigeria?
Niger,Chad and other African countries use the Lagos port.

Niger does not use Lagos port. They use the ports in the Republic of Benin

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

Aru mere unu!

Shut up abeg and be proud of your tribe.


Nonsense!

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.

Blame the stvpid Goodluck Jonathan for this

Shameless. In other countries with oceans, ports are literally in every corner of the country.

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.

Yet the Yoruba man has not even seen the picture or know what is going on


I didn't say it they said it up there in the post

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Odin13:
They fear of igbos leaving Lagos is so real.. yet they’re everywhere spreading Igbo hate ..

Why stop what you love to hate… this should be a welcome development to all Yoruba people world wide..
Let the Niger delta enjoy Nigeria also..

See wailing on top port ..

Next president must disable all Yoruba sea ports and make other ports available for Nigerians ..

Let development reach other Nigeria cities .. they will be grateful.. not like those ungrateful wailers .. that hate their fellow countrymen , and still hate their development

Funny characters

I don't like this tribal, ethnic angle to every issue.
But some people talk out if ignorance . During the civil war, Igbo landlords lost their houses in every other region in the country(PH,Kano etc) to what is known as "abandoned property", except Lagos and the south west.
Fellow neigbhour landlords in the SW helped to collect the rent over the 3 years of the war and gave it to the Igbo landlords when they returned to their houses after the war
Colonel Banjo, a Yoruba man fought for Biafra but he was killed by Ojukwu for no wrong.
Colonel Adekunke Fajuyi, a Yoruba man laid down his life to defend Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi from arrest ar the South West Govt House, Ivadan

Tinubu is the one opposing it.

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.

It is either you don't live in Lagos at all or you are a Yoruba man that doesn't want the ports to leave Lagos


Tell me how thousands of trucks trooping up and down Lagos State is not a problem. Because of those trucks there are some parts of the highway you cannot pass


That apapa is so bad that many Eeas when you want to go there bike is better

aswani:
Thank you for clearly explaining my thoughts on the BS headline which was done solely to feed into Obidients paranoia.

At no point did the commissioner oppose the move. Even if they were going to redirect operations to Ogun or Ondo State, he would have said the same and would have been correct.

chameleon tribe.let the gride lock happen in warri port. Why do u want it in SW region. I thought u want SE to leave your region. Relocate it to warri and see over half of them leave lagos. You use monopoly to keep them in lagos because most are business men

So these guys are expecting a nation as big as Nigeria to have only one active port irrespective of the adverse effects having only one port has on the economy? Are they okay?

LivingEarthMan:
So these guys are expecting a nation as big as Nigeria to have only one active port irrespective of the adverse implications it has on the economy? Are they okay?

That is the monopoly lagos have been enjoying and they keep making noise of superb revenue than other states. You will see how they use SW president to kill the idea.
This is they moved a major part of cbn from Abuja to lagos

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

In an interview with Vanguard, Hassan said: “The NPA’s decision to divert attention from Lagos Ports to Warri due to congestion highlights the urgent need for a comprehensive overhaul of its policies. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has remained committed to resolving the traffic situation, but entrenched institutional practices within the NPA continue to undermine progress.”

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.

Hassan noted that if the NPA reviewed and modernised its operational framework in line with current economic realities, congestion at Apapa would reduce significantly, making the shift to Warri unnecessary and, in his words, “an unpopular choice.”

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

Aru mere unu!

And what is the lie in what he said?
By the way, what kind of Igbo sentence is that?

People now want to go back to their villages and Lagos is now convulsing and shitting in their pants

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?

Now they are set to go to their villages, Lagos is now fainting and explaining and explaining and explaining.

It must happen soonest

Streetinvestor2:
When I say is monopoly of lagos in sea port and airport driving igbos to lagos they say is not true. Why ls the governor fighting it.They should remove the monopoly and see over half igbos leave lagos.

if you see people whose travelling bags are on standby, our western brothers won't believe it.

Nnewi village in Anambra state is so industrized now that people come from different African countries to patronise them there.

With nothing attached, I have never seen a government whose joy is to frustrate those who are not from their region like Lagos.

You destroy their businesses and properties and try to back the action up with some manipulated laws.

Houses don't grow over night. What punishment had the government given to the so called government officials who gave them the so called fake approvals?

Houses where demolished at Ikola part of Lagos some months ago and the second phase was effected last week or so.

Reason is under Powerline. Meanwhile, they have started selling to people again, those portions they took from those they destroyed in the first phase. No one is being punished but the victims. Someone will tell me that it cuts across board, are they the only one. Those ones are just collateral damages

You will never grow more than the person you are witch-hunting. One day, you won't see them to undo

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?

Is Kaduna indigenes complaining and witch-hunting them??

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.

Stop exposing your ignorance, is it the man who wants to fly to US that decides the airport the plane will land?

So an importer in Aba chooses lagos over PH that's barely 30mins away?

BigCowHornn:
It is either you don't live in Lagos at all or you are a Yoruba man that doesn't want the porch to leave Lagos


Tell me how thousands of trucks trooping up and down Lagos State it's not a problem. Because of those trucks there are some parts of the highway you cannot pass


That apapa is so bad that many Eeas when you want to go there bike is better

First I'm from edo state
Second you still ended up highlighting the same issue I highlighted, lagos does not control the port , it's a federal asset , lagos can't stop the trucks from going to the port .

If the NPA does not modernise its system even if they go to garden of Eden to setup port same problems will crop up .
This has nothing to do with tribe , it's just logical thinking
I have been to ports outside of nigeria and you wonder why nigeria cant modernise and copy , it's simply corruption.

Is Lagos the only state in Nigeria, why does the Lagos state govt want to monopolize seaport operations in Nigeria when we have Warri, Ph and Calabar ports greatly underuse. This is what the Legislators from the other region should be fighting for, since we now have to fight for everything.

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.

Let them take it to Warri and let the same issues happen their. Lagos ports have been congested for over 25 years with no solution for one day. I can assure you that it would take decades for Warri port to be congested like Lagos ports.

aswani:
Thank you for clearly explaining my thoughts on the BS headline which was done solely to feed into Obidients paranoia.

At no point did the commissioner oppose the move. Even if they were going to redirect operations to Ogun or Ondo State, he would have said the same and would have been correct.

Thank you oh ! Most people quoting me don't even understand what the commissioner was trying to say , but it's OK, 5 years from now nobody should complain that they were not warned .

If this report is true, why is LAGOS state against decongestation of the Apapa portIs there something we 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!

This is all you came to say. Why not tell the one you quoted what you think. Speaking Igbo doesn't make you Igbo otherwise, I advice you drop the self hating.

MEGAWATCH:
Shut up abeg and be proud of your tribe.


Nonsense!

He thinks speaking and writing Igbo makes him one.

samwash:
It's high time to start using ports in Warri Koko ports to decongest the traffic in Lagos ports.
If our government actually serious, Ondo, Edo , Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers to cross river state, surpose get at least one functional ports, this will decongest Lagos ports to the minimal.
The FG should look into this development.
When you go to the Niger-Delta we have inner water ways, all the surpose support ports, the money is there to build and develop all these areas
Lagos known waytin he go loss in revenue,if other areas are being developed, why them nor go oppose the decision, who nor like better thing.

those areas no serious
especially Edo Delta
road no even de for Keke napep Na Come steady trucks with containers...