₦airaland Forum

Owombakara:
This is really insightful. So there's been a lawsuit withholding the progress of this port all this while.

It's such a shame that the progress that would have been made was stalled by a name change. Why change the name in the first place? Looking at the other 4 proposed ports you can easily see they are named after the community they're located. But a mischievous person decided to rename the Akwa Ibom port and look at what it has caused.

Thanks for sharing this Oga Naptu2, you doing a yoeman's job!!!

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There are International standard of naming Seaport, it must be named after the Location.
Then Gov Udom thought otherwise, so he effected the name change, he even moved the original site to his Federal Consistency that isn't suitable and deep as Ibaka, shortchanginging and undermining Oron people who are highly Cerebral. Ibaka has a natural deep water without dredging, located along the massive Nigeria-Cameroon Atlantic trade sea route, linking several Central Africa countries, I saw this first hand when i criuse thru this corridor on a business trip to Cameroon a couple of years ago.

Oron Chiefs, Stakeholders ensued a lawsuit, the Chinese investors saw genuine reasons with them after fact finding and ran away, saying they can't spend their hard earn money on shallow waters that will require frequent dredging

AareGaa:
That your region is the unsafest. No private investor will risk his money there.

That's why there's no industry there.

I actually do disagree. In the President latest interview.. actually one of the point the Interview pointed out was the industrious spirit of the nation. And if we are not being bias, it's easy to identify the leading geographical zone when it comes to being industrious. Which raised another question of being marginalized, in which the president prudently reply, No Nigeria has control over which Tribe he or she is born into, he may have been born an Ibo or even an Ibo man could have been born a Yoruba, but all that matters is Nigeria is home. And it is a beautiful country if you know how to use it.

naptu2:
Badagry Port

This is my Aug 04, 2016 post


This project is part of a much larger project known as the Badagry Energy City project. It will include one or two refineries (the Oando refinery and probably Captain Iheanacho's refinery).
The government is not spending a kobo on the project (except for the land that will be provided by the Lagos State Government). It will be funded by the private sector.

The Energy City will be divided into three zones.

1. A tourist and leisure zone which will include a film city.

1. The energy zone which will include a refinery, port, power station and facilities for oil companies and other industries.

1. A residential zone.

Good work and the Govt-should keep it Up 👏👍.
These are Real Industrial Development Growth - if well harnessed and hope it would not be delayed - for Any Political Reasons!

franchasng:
Lagos is overburdened already, adding more seaport to Lagos is not helping the state but killing it. They should focus on building excellent cargo rail from existing Lagos seaports to states like:

Kano
Anambra (Onitsha)
Kogi
Adamawa


It will reduce the burden of loads on Lagos roads which causes traffic congestion and fast road wear. But with cargo railways from Lagos ports to other commercial states, movement of cargo containers will be swift and the loads on Lagos roads will be reduced, traffic will also drop.

Una just too like Dey cry just seeing Lagos…….why always so full of bitterness and hate? Lagos is a blessed land and attracts investment from both foreign and local and you can’t tell an investor where to invest his/her money

God bless you. You said all I wanted to say about the issue.

saintkeppy:
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There are International standard of naming Seaport, it must be named after the Location.
Then Gov Udom thought otherwise, so he effected the name change, he even moved the original site to his Federal Consistency that isn't suitable and deep as Ibaka, shortchanginging and undermining Oron people who are highly Cerebral. Ibaka has a natural deep water without dredging, located along the massive Nigeria-Cameroon Atlantic trade sea route, linking several Central Africa countries, I saw this first hand when i criuse thru this corridor on a business trip to Cameroon a couple of years ago.

Oron Chiefs, Stakeholders ensued a lawsuit, the Chinese investors saw genuine reasons with them after fact finding and ran away, saying they can't spend their hard earn money on shallow waters that will require frequent dredging

naptu2:
That question should be directed at the Oro Nation, the Akwa Ibom State Government and the judge.

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Leave Oro Nation out of this, they legitimate seek for a redress in the competent Court of Jurisdiction, it left the State Government to do the needful, the everything will fall into place naturally.

GeneralOuki:
You didn't read his comments either. No where did he say that government was funding the project, and so his point still stands. Building more ports in Lagos— whether private or government— is just overburdening the state which is already too congested.

you clowns are just so slow, and Una never still talk wetin Dey pain una on the list, we still have port that have been granted licence in other states, but you have no problem with that but that of Lagos…..just like the person your quoted rightly said, it is a private investment and you can’t tell an investor where to invest it’s money…..just like when you economic migrants left your villages for Lagos, did the government or anyone stop you from coming to Lagos to deverop it like you all claimed? You clowns should just let Lagos breath and stop the hate in Lagos, because it won’t stop our shine and progress btw proudly lagos

saintkeppy:
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Leave Oro Nation out of this, they legitimate seek for a redress in the competent Court of Jurisdiction, it left the State Government to do the needful, the everything will fall into place naturally.

I mentioned them because they are involved in the law suit. In other words, the question should be directed at the people that are involved in the lawsuit.

poiZon:
I'm from Akwaibom, the deepsea port was supposed to be sited at ibaka, which is in Mbo LGA, the previous govt of Akpabio did the usual political propaganda on it, using the project to loot funds cos for the last 4yrs of his administration, funds were budgeted for that seaport. When udom came in, after series of court cases and settlements from the previous contractors who the govt of Akpabio awarded project of that magnitude to(fashion Designer from northern extraction), they thought it wise to review the location, 3 sites were earmarked for this, ibaka, ibeno, and eastern obolo... At the end eastern obolo if I'm not mistaken was the preferred site to build the seaport.
Investors were sought for to come invest, that's when amaechi the then minister for transportation under buhari the economy killer was playing politics with that project.
He deliberately sat and delayed the approval for the project.
Why I'm i putting all these out here, Private investor will only be called to KEY-IN in the actualisation of the project after the govt must have done their part.

The kolmani oil project in Bauchj was funded by the NNPC, tomorrow if anything comes out of it, they will invite private investor to come in and develop it.

Me n u we r not of the same level...

I'm sorry for sounding harsh earlier.

That said, let me react to the emboldened text and tell how things work in Lagos. In Lagos, there are lots of companies. These companies do their feasibility study and determine whether or not they'll make profit from investing in a particular business. Once they are able to establish that it will be profitable, they'll write a proposal to the state government asking for their approval and sometimes requesting that they partner with the company.

That's how most PPP projects you see in Lagos work. No, they aren't usually government ideas - companies always initiate them and ask for government participation. In the past, I once worked in a company that did that. Interestingly, the politics of getting government approval was just too much. Sometimes, you write a proposal to sell a PPP business idea to the government, you realize that another company is already doing it months later.

Only Lagos own will work. The rest will be "business as usual". Watch out

franchasng:
Lagos is overburdened already, adding more seaport to Lagos is not helping the state but killing it. They should focus on building excellent cargo rail from existing Lagos seaports to states like:

Kano
Anambra (Onitsha)
Kogi
Adamawa


It will reduce the burden of loads on Lagos roads which causes traffic congestion and fast road wear. But with cargo railways from Lagos ports to other commercial states, movement of cargo containers will be swift and the loads on Lagos roads will be reduced, traffic will also drop.

This Onitsha port go make sense IMO.

Pacesetter123:
God bless you my brother!
Not only the name change that brought the lawsuit,Naptu2 says "and the location changed too".
Where are you changing the location to and why?

God bless you too sir.

Udom did the Akwa Ibom people dirty there. All for his selfish reasons instead of looking at the bigger picture. That port would open up a lot of businesses for both Akwa Ibom people and Nigerians at large creating large employment opportunities.

They should just take it back to the original location it shouldn't be the hardest thing.

Very welcome news

saintkeppy:
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There are International standard of naming Seaport, it must be named after the Location.
Then Gov Udom thought otherwise, so he effected the name change, he even moved the original site to his Federal Consistency that isn't suitable and deep as Ibaka, shortchanginging and undermining Oron people who are highly Cerebral. Ibaka has a natural deep water without dredging, located along the massive Nigeria-Cameroon Atlantic trade sea route, linking several Central Africa countries, I saw this first hand when i criuse thru this corridor on a business trip to Cameroon a couple of years ago.



Oron Chiefs, Stakeholders ensued a lawsuit, the Chinese investors saw genuine reasons with them after fact finding and ran away, saying they can't spend their hard earn money on shallow waters that will require frequent dredging

All for his insatiable greed. It's rather unfortunate. I hope the issue is resolved properly because time is of the essence.

Okoyeeboz:
This thread is not for those without ocean in their tiny enclave.

I think Rivers is within your enclave.

Josywhyte:
Only Lagos own will work. The rest will be "business as usual". Watch out

Dey play. Preliminary works has started at Dangote Deep Seaport at Olokola in Ogun State

naptu2:
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The Dangote Deep Seaport at Olokola in Ogun which will be the biggest and deepest Seaport in Nigeria has gone past this stage. Construction works willfully commence in Q4 of this year after the completion of the Dangote Cement Factory at Itori also in Ogun State

naptu2:
The Ibaka Deep Seaport was conceived by the administration of Governor Godswill Akpabio. It was to be located in Ibaka.

The administration of Governor Udom Emmanuel changed the location of the port and therefore changed its name to Ibom Port (since it will no longer be in Ibaka). The administration said that their Chinese experts said that the location in Ibaka was not suitable.

The community alleged that Governor Emmanuel had ulterior motives for changing the location and that the Chinese experts had already said that Ibaka was perfect for the port. Therefore the community sued the Akwa Ibom State Government, the Federal Government, the contractor and everybody involved in the project.

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Sorry, it was then Governor Victor Attah's administration first conceived the Port Development, after thorough visit to coastal communities along the Atlantic and Ibaka was chosen, Attah was a detribalized Governor who mearnt well for Akwa Ibom State.

His successor, Chief Godswill Akpabio came in, used the project as one of his campaign promises every election cycle giving the people of the State high hopes of a Deep Seaport, same as then Governor Udom Emmanuel, Udom even tried by pushing for it to get some approvals from FG, even getting investors for the project but all his effort was for his selfish interest, moving it to his Federal Consistency precisely Ibeno, reasons he signed the evil Akwa Ibom State remapping into law so as to allow his local government, Onna a Landlocked area become a coastal LGA so that the seaport development can spread to his area and as well as benefit from the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act.


Reasons why he wanted to shortchange Oron people on that Deep Seaport but backfired.

Akwa Ibom State always stand out when it comes to cheating and marginalising the minority tribes. Why would the government move the port from the original location in Ibaka whose people are one of the minority tribes to another location belonging to one of the majority/dominant tribes and rename it? Why is Akwa Ibom like this?

naptu2:
Ibom Port

I hope they have resolved the dispute. This is my Jan 23, 2023 post.

Anytime that someone mentions the Lekki Deep Sea Port, someone will mention the Ibom Port and claim that the government or some unnamed people are "frustrating it". They don't name the people, but you have an idea of who they are referring to.

Those people do not know what they are talking about. The problem with Ibom Port reminds me of the issues that stalled the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun and Ondo States.

The new port in Akwa Ibom State was originally called the Ibaka Port and it was meant to have been sited at Ibaka Bay. However, the location was changed in 2014 and it was renamed Ibom Port. See here: https://www.nairaland.com/2051694/controversial-ibaka-seaport-relocated-renamed


The community in the original location (Ibaka) then sued the Akwa Ibom State Government and everybody involved in the project in order to stop the relocation. No work can be done on the site due to the lawsuit. See here: http://nationalnewstrack.com/ibaka-deep-seaport-court-grants-oro-nation-leave-for-judicial-review/


And that's actually what is delaying construction of the Ibom Port.

China Harbour Engineering Company, the company responsible for both the Lekki Port (remember that I told you that Governor Tinubu went to China and Singaport to seek for investors in the Lekki Free Zone in the year 2000) and the Ibom Port says that it is still interested in the project, but it can't do anything now due to the lawsuit.

Jakpon:
The Dangote Deep Seaport at Olokola in Ogun which will be the biggest and deepest Seaport in Nigeria has gone past this stage. Construction works willfully commence in Q4 of this year after the completion of the Dangote Cement Factory at Itori also in Ogun State

Yes and you can tell how committed Dangote is to the project by the fact that he accompanied Yayi to submit his nomination form. Dangote has never previously gotten so deeply involved in politics.

And it's not just about the port. I saw an interview that he gave last week and he said that he intends to site a gas processing plant at Olokola. He said that he's not happy about the gas that is flared and the fact that Nigerians do not have enough electricity, so he wants to process gas at Olokola that will be used for thermal power plants.

naptu2:
Olokola Port

These were my posts from September 6th, 2024.

The Ondo and Ogun state governments had partnered to set up a free trade zone. It was to be in the Olokola area, on the border between the two states. The free trade zone was to have a deep sea port, a liquified natural gas plant (OKLNG), a refinery and various other industries. After Bluestar Consortium lost ownership of the Port-Harcourt and Kaduna refineries, Aliko Dangote decided to partner with the Ondo and Ogun state governments and build his refinery in the Olokola Free Trade Zone. It was to be the biggest refinery in Nigeria.




There were also problems with the Dangote Refinery in Olokola. The people of Olokola and Igbokoda demanded a lot from Dangote. The name Dangote evoked visions of wealth and so they made a lot of demands from him. These demands put Dangote off. It was at this time that Governor Fashola of Lagos went to poach Dangote and convinced him to build the refinery in Lekki.





https://www.societyreelnews.com/dangote-relocates-refinery-to-lagos/



https://thetracenewsmagazine./2015/06/01/how-odsg-lost-9bn-dangotes-refinery/


Dangote has since returned to the project. He has vowed to build the biggest port in Africa at Olokola and to build an LNG facility there. He has been very close to Governor Dapo Abiodun and to the APC governorship candidate Yayi Adeola and they have all vowed to execute the project.

So the natives of Ondo and Ogun States lost the refinery project due to greed. If you take another project there today, I'm sure the natives will still act the same way. This sort of thing happens all over Nigeria. Something swear for black man, i swear.

NetbizBoss:
WHICH FIVE DEEP SEAPORT?

ALL I SEE HERE IS SOMETHING FOR 2027 CAMPAIGN .
EXCEPT LAGOS SEAPORT COME BACK HERE AFTER 2031 AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE REST OF THE FOUR SEAPORT EXCEPT BADAGRI WILL STILL BE ON PAPER.

NEVER YOU TRUST ANY NIGERIA POLITICIAN BASE ON PROMISE ESPECIALLY WHEN ANOTHER ELECTION IS AROUND THE CORNER.

THEY ARE USING IT TO GET YOUR VOTE

Very true all the promises tinibu promised delta people during his campaign to make all ports in delta state to be functional has all entered voicemail.

naptu2:
I mentioned them because they are involved in the law suit. In other words, the question should be directed at the people that are involved in the lawsuit.

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Lol, it's alright.

naptu2:
Ibom Port

I hope they have resolved the dispute. This is my Jan 23, 2023 post.

Anytime that someone mentions the Lekki Deep Sea Port, someone will mention the Ibom Port and claim that the government or some unnamed people are "frustrating it". They don't name the people, but you have an idea of who they are referring to.

Those people do not know what they are talking about. The problem with Ibom Port reminds me of the issues that stalled the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun and Ondo States.

The new port in Akwa Ibom State was originally called the Ibaka Port and it was meant to have been sited at Ibaka Bay. However, the location was changed in 2014 and it was renamed Ibom Port. See here: https://www.nairaland.com/2051694/controversial-ibaka-seaport-relocated-renamed


The community in the original location (Ibaka) then sued the Akwa Ibom State Government and everybody involved in the project in order to stop the relocation. No work can be done on the site due to the lawsuit. See here: http://nationalnewstrack.com/ibaka-deep-seaport-court-grants-oro-nation-leave-for-judicial-review/


And that's actually what is delaying construction of the Ibom Port.

China Harbour Engineering Company, the company responsible for both the Lekki Port (remember that I told you that Governor Tinubu went to China and Singaport to seek for investors in the Lekki Free Zone in the year 2000) and the Ibom Port says that it is still interested in the project, but it can't do anything now due to the lawsuit.

The best place to site Akwa Ibom Port is Ibaka, there will be no need for drilling, the water body there is extremely deep even at the shore.

The relocation was purely politics whereby the leaders on seat want development to only happen in their local government or closest to them.

Owombakara:
This is really insightful. So there's been a lawsuit withholding the progress of this port all this while.

It's such a shame that the progress that would have been made was stalled by a name change. Why change the name in the first place? Looking at the other 4 proposed ports you can easily see they are named after the community they're located. But a mischievous person decided to rename the Akwa Ibom port and look at what it has caused.

Thanks for sharing this Oga Naptu2, you doing a yoeman's job!!!

It was more than a name change, it was relocation... Even though Ibaka is the better location because there will be no need for drilling, the shore there is deep enough.

Some mischievous people in power wanted the port relocated to their own local government.

Nword22:
I think Rivers is within your enclave.

Ngwa people are not included in this conversation.

No

Hightablevoice2:
I actually do disagree. In the President latest interview.. actually one of the point the Interview pointed out was the industrious spirit of the nation. And if we are not being bias, it's easy to identify the leading geographical zone when it comes to being industrious. Which raised another question of being marginalized, in which the president prudently reply, No Nigeria has control over which Tribe he or she is born into, he may have been born an Ibo or even an Ibo man could have been born a Yoruba, but all that matters is Nigeria is home. And it is a beautiful country if you know how to use it.

Stop wailing!

I'm not responsible for the underdevelopment of your region.

poiZon:
So if a private investor wants to build a solar panel n battery factory in tvc headquarters cos that's the only location that suits their factory, will the govt allow them and approve it since u can't regulate an investor on what he has to do with his funds...

No where on earth can a government dictate to an investor, how to & where to put is money..

All they’ll tell an investor are the rules & regulations..

For example, if delta state attracted an investor, FG can never block such investor, instead, they’ll support the motion… But then, what do you suggest FG should do if an investor comes to Nigeria, and then decide that he wants his business location to be in Lagos?

World economy is not just as you people to talk about it online..

CapitalBank:
Akwa Ibom should have nothing less than 3 sea ports

I agree and it’s still possible..

Okoyeeboz:
Ngwa people are not included in this conversation.

Better.

AareGaa:
No

Stop wailing!

I'm not responsible for the underdevelopment of your region.

Lol.. I went through your comments.. My region. Aarch. Lol. You know what I found out Chinedu. It is you who is here forming tribalistic Yoruba. Odu'a Le Mi.

You said it yourself, you Igbos are not only ones living in that Region (Anambra) . And you Igbos should stop practicing Nzogbu politics. Yet all your comments is cursing out Peter Obi and wearing the mask of the Yoruba tribe, picking fight with your blodas as you yourself called them so they will be of the assumption you are Yoruba. Archh lol. I thought we are on the quest of Nation building. Una never ready. I even deh try advocate leniency, clemency, inclusiveness narratives towards your region, yet you are ther back bitting. O ni Jere.

Odu'a Tokan Tokan Le'mi. Werey ATI Oko Wa Ba Ile je. Oni Ohun AareGaa. Sango Apa Bata e, A pa jawon jawon e ti mo. Omo Eru Ato Hun Rinwa.