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Ondo state Governor....Hmmm,Go will make it happen but I hope it is not stomach infrastructure.

Adakintroy:
Yoruba you will over do this thing and cuz agitation.


All the ports in south and south are dead but guys keep active the once in the west with federal might. If you do then then your greed is obvious. No need for federation. Major port in apapa. Refiney there as well. Now this.

It's a lie

fineboynl:
Port enables export not just from import. Export os cheaper with competitive prices. We should have as many ports as we can and prioritize export more than import benefits

Especially considering that Ondo has a large base of Afro exporters Walahi this is a game changer to be honest.

Lagos port will be decongested and no need for all these talk about dredging some ports further down south

Bakkassi deep sea port is also very important

Vilgax:
lol how?

Edo is landlocked.

No, Edo State is not landlocked; it has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean (part of the Niger Delta/Gulf of Guinea), bordering Delta State to the south and southeast, and it also has significant river boundaries like the Niger River. Don't be ignorant

franchasng:
Mr Governor, let it serve Southwest first and Oduduwa nation in case Nigeria does the expected soonest, forget about serving Nigerians and the world, start from serving Ondo, Southwest and Oduduwa nation

when it does don't start crying marginalisation as usual

Burruchaga71:
Port Port Port, as if they are going to make use of it . South East wey need Port are ignored and they are playing politics on it.
Yeye people...

A governor is building port. You're saying South East is ignored. You want Ondo state governor to go and build port in Anambra?

AguluLiar:
Give that unsolicited advice to your governor

Ode I am from ondo state...

WizardOfNG:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/12/ondo-deep-sea-port-to-serve-nigeria-west-africa-aiyedatiwa/#google_vignette

This will take between 3 to 5 years. He should better leave the media grandstanding and start showing the workings

All the rubbish port is for thr one nigeria. They are hoping for igbos to continue to service it for thr region. How many things are thr people importing when they have not finished government work to steal
We are only interested in ports in the SS working as we have alot in common with SS.They can have thr own country we don't mind. The SE and SS can be doing business as two different country

aworatak:
Is this not the governor that came up with a phantom refinery?
Another audio project in the making.

You don’t believe in good things that’s why non comes to you. Ondo state governor is not the one building it, it’s a Federal government Project.

Good one.. more ports outside Lagos should be built and developed to reduce dependence on Lagos ports

hopexter:
You don’t believe in good things that’s why non comes to you. Ondo state governor is not the one building it, it’s a Federal government Project.

Even you wey never chop dey open mouth for another person wey pass you and your lineage join

Sense is tooooo far from you

Yorubasarecurse:
Person wey never chop dey open mouth for another person wey pass you and your lineage join

Sense is tooooo far from you

Na food be your problem now I know. This no point resorting to your level. Go sort your hunger issues.

Airlord2030:
Ode I am from ondo state...

Be proud of your origin for once.

DeLaRue:
Ports, Ports, Ports.

It is good to build Ports if it is absolutely needed.

However, I don't believe a modern new port will completely transform the economy of an area like Apapa Ports did for Lagos.

Lekki Ports is a good example. Despite handling hundreds of billions of imports and exports, you won't even know there is a port there when you drive past it.

The largest port in the UK is in a town many people in the UK have never heard about. The 2nd largest port is in very small town of about 25,000 people most people have never heard of.

Same with the largest port in France.

Modern Ports operate like a transit point. Goods arrive, your truck comes, picks it up, and head straight out of the port, so no endless waiting in or around Lagos, no hotel accommodation needed etc The is even no need for hundreds (or thousands in the case of Apapa) of warehouses as truck move in and out of modern Ports so quickly, they are able to leave the port town within 2 hours and head for their destination without stopping in the port town for anything.

So the economic impact of a modern port on the area it is located is minimal.

This is not an argument for not building Ports. They should be built only where they are needed.

I just think people have an exaggerated expectation of the transformational impact of a modern port.

Beautiful nonsense.

WantsandMore:
No, Edo State is not landlocked; it has a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean (part of the Niger Delta/Gulf of Guinea), bordering Delta State to the south and southeast, and it also has significant river boundaries like the Niger River. Don't be ignorant

i'd implore you to double check your facts boss.

No part of Edo's boundary touches the Atlantic!
that's a geographical fact.

If you want to rationalize it by arguing it has significant river boundaries like R. Niger, then by that logic; Niger State is not landlocked.

kindly educate me if i am wrong.

Airlord2030:
Abeg you people should be mass housing estates to house the overwhelming population instead of all this ports.. the money used to build this port will house thousands of the state indigenes ..

Have you heard the saying "if only wishes were horses, beggars would ride"!!!

And where do you expect the government to get the money from? Abi na by mouth?

JAMO84:
State governors are building ports here
While some people are waiting for Tinubu to build for them

Them go wait tired

AguluLiar:
Be proud of your origin for once.

mugu check my profile

ibedun:
Have you heard the saying "if only wishes were horses, beggars would ride"!!!

And where do you expect the government to get the money from? Abi na by mouth?

the money that will be used to build that seaport is enough to build thousands of housing units

Anonimoux:
Edo State should have a port also.

Which sea Edo State get ?

Airlord2030:
the money that will be used to build that seaport is enough to build thousands of housing units

It isn't Nigeria's money.

The port will be funded by a mixture of government and investor's money. The port will return the initial investment with profit back to the government and the investors.

Nobody will invest in a scheme to build houses for poor people who cannot even pay the rent or maintain the properties properly.

You Nigerians (99%) just criticise without checking the facts.

DeLaRue:
Ports, Ports, Ports.

It is good to build Ports if it is absolutely needed.

However, I don't believe a modern new port will completely transform the economy of an area like Apapa Ports did for Lagos.

Lekki Ports is a good example. Despite handling hundreds of billions of imports and exports, you won't even know there is a port there when you drive past it.

The largest port in the UK is in a town many people in the UK have never heard about. The 2nd largest port is in very small town of about 25,000 people most people have never heard of.

Same with the largest port in France.

Modern Ports operate like a transit point. Goods arrive, your truck comes, picks it up, and head straight out of the port, so no endless waiting in or around Lagos, no hotel accommodation needed etc The is even no need for hundreds (or thousands in the case of Apapa) of warehouses as truck move in and out of modern Ports so quickly, they are able to leave the port town within 2 hours and head for their destination without stopping in the port town for anything.

So the economic impact of a modern port on the area it is located is minimal.

This is not an argument for not building Ports. They should be built only where they are needed.

I just think people have an exaggerated expectation of the transformational impact of a modern port.

Every Port in Nigeria apart from Onithsa port is viable not only to the port authorities but also to the host communities.

Note that all coastal ports in Nigeria handle both imports and exports .

Onitsha port is a dead and unssutainble project because it only handles imports as there is nothing SE can export to the world.

Any shipping company will rather use a port that they can both offload and onload. This isn't possible with Onitsha.

Also note that nvigating the low waters upstream to Onitsha can only be carried out by flat and low haul vessels which thus makes importing goods through Onitsha extremely expensive as there lo haul vessels have a much lower tonneage capacity that will see them lift only a limited amount of cargo all the way from China and then navigate upstream into a port like onithsa that they are sure they will be returning back empty.

Onitsha port is the worst investment ever conceived by the FG.

And we all have Ekweme as VP and head of the Shagari economic team to blame for such rubbish.

Ekweme also got Shagari to liberalise importation at the detriment of our local industry . Ekweme is the father of ''my container go soon land'' people who not only destroyed local industries but saw to an import based economy that has drained our FX reserves, loss of jobs, and a pressure on the currency to sustain an unsuitable import based economy.

Vilgax:
lol how?

Edo is landlocked.

Edo wasn't supposed to be landlocked if the map was well drawn during state creation. Why should Ondo and Delta State locked out Edo access to the Sea. The thing is irritating honestly.

Vilgax:
lol how?

Edo is landlocked.

Which shouldn't have been if the map was well drawn during state creation. Why should Ondo and Delta State locked out Edo State access to the Sea. It's irritating honestly.

makaveli902:
Through which river/sea?

The Atlantic Ocean. The map was not well drawn. Ondo and Delta State shouldn't have locked out Edo State access to the Sea. It's annoying TBH

lordm:
Edo state does not have access to the sea

Which shouldn't have been so if the map was well drawn during state creation. Why should Ondo and Delta State locked out Edo State access to the Sea. It's Annoying honestly.

Nzogbu2012:
Which sea Edo State get ?

We had access to the Atlantic if not that Ondo and Delta State locked us out. Very annoying something.

Kikelomogbenga:
Why can't these people put a port in Edo.

Don't mind them. Anytime I see the map and see how Ondo and Delta State locked out Edo State access to the Sea I get angry. That part of Delta State should have been in Edo State .