Transport Minister Receives Final Report on Ibom Port
\30 Jan 2015
John Iwori

The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Audu Umar, has received the final report on the Ibom deep seaport, Akwa Ibom State, thereby boosting the efforts to ensure the early take-off of the port.

The final report includes the outline business case which specifies the strategic needs, technical options, financial due diligence and project implementation plan of the proposed deep seaport.

THISDAY had earlier reported that these have been received and certified by the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC).

A statement issued in Abuja and obtained by THISDAY said the final report was submitted by the Transactions Adviser of the project, MessrsFelak Concept Limited and the Project Technical Adviser, Messrs Maritime and Transport Business Solutions of the Netherlands.

While receiving the report, Umar was said to have lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for the infrastructural development of the nation's economy.

The minister also hailed the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio for his unflinching commitment to the project.

While assuring of the prompt consideration of the report by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Umar enjoined Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to continue the administrative and technical support it is rendering to the project and the Ministerial Project Development and Steering Committee to ensure seamless coordination.

The Secretary of the Committee, Mallam Dikko Bala, stated that after a multi criteria analysis by the technical advisers, it was determined that Ibaka is suitable as the location for a commercial trawling and transport terminal and for use by vessels that will require maximum seven metres draught, while the seaside is ideal for location of terminals that will handle vessels that will require minimum 13 metres draught.

The deep seaport would therefore be a multi terminal port, hence the name change from Ibaka to Ibom deep seaport.

Those present at the handover ceremony were the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry represented by the Director, Maritime Services, Alhaji Mohammed Nagogo; Acting Director General, ICRC, Mr. ChidiIzuwah; Managing Director of Felak Concept Limited, Mrs. Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu; Mr.Wouter Van Nos, representing Marine and Transport Business Solutions of the Netherlands and Mr. Christopher AbiodunBorha who represented NPA.

The approval of the report by the FEC will signal the commencement of the procurement and implementation stage.

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Good one.Am so happy.The port is just few minutes drive from Aba the industrial nerve of Africa,probably 25-35 minutes drive.
This will surely divert huge businesses from Lagos towards this new frontier of int'l business movement.
Its on record that,the two major reasons Igbos are in Lagos,are,Int'l airport,which Enugu airport is now working to correct,and the presence of seaports in Lagos.By Gods grace,this when completed,will pull importers homeward.

At last! Wow!

So happy to hear dis. Can't wait for this port to commence.

So dis was not a scam project after all?

Kudos to Akpabio!

Am enjoying the all round development of the country. It was not like this(in the ss/se) before....it was onesided initially.

MR. PRESIDENT YOU STOP LOKOJA PORT YAR'ADUA ALMOST COMPLETE BEFORE HE DIED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT FROM YOUR ZONE. IF YOU LIKE MAKE AMAHDU ALIH EVERYTHING WE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR YOU AGAIN.

Donmarrius:
Good one.Am so happy.The port is just few minutes drive from Aba the industrial nerve of Africa,probably 25-35 minutes drive.
This will surely divert huge businesses from Lagos towards this new frontier of int'l business movement.
Its on record that,the two major reasons Igbos are in Lagos,are,Int'l airport,which Enugu airport is now working to correct,and the presence of seaports in Lagos.By Gods grace,this when completed,will pull importers homeward.

Sadly/ironically, ibaka/ibom sea port might end up an idea basically because of the reason you gave in your last paragragh. . While a lot of people will shout "go back to your erosion ravaged villages" here, they are also aware that the high concentration of human and by extension, business activities in lagos, stimulated in no small measure by the ports in Lagos , helps bring in billions of Naira both as tax reveneu for the local and state governments and for local landlords who charge record rents for accomodations in Lagos (it is only in Lagos, that you will find the price of an empty swamp surrounded by a smelly lagoon bigger than that of a beachfront estate in Dubai!). Hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs have been created as a result too. . Many mega projects of this nature have eluded the former eastern Nigeria as a result of high level dirty backroom politics in the past. . If the Akwa ibom state government doesn't take the bull by the horn and start this project, it may never be realised. . The next governor should make this project his signature project.. Left to me, ibaka is far more important than the new stadium

Importation is not the way to develop our economy or create jobs. Yes a port at that location would make sense if it is to be used for exports.To import first we musst earn the dollars and that is an oil dependency model.

Already the SE has many expert skilled shoemakers. What is government doint to enhance thei capabilities? Potentially with the rubber and leather resources in the country they can make enough shoes for our security services and even the whole country.
What about furniture making or building materials ,who is making these things in Nigeria.
What happened to the paper mill in that region or to TINAPA?

Jobs.That really is what we need. Not a new seaport to use for exporting jobs and our future to other manufacturing nations.
Let us industrialize and move away from that IMPORTATION mentality

omonnakoda:
Importation is not the way to develop our economy or create jobs. Yes a port at that location would make sense if it is to be used for exports.To import first we musst earn the dollars and that is an oil dependency model.

Already the SE has many expert skilled shoemakers. What is government doint to enhance thei capabilities? Potentially with the rubber and leather resources in the country they can make enough shoes for our security services and even the whole country.
What about furniture making or building materials ,who is making these things in Nigeria.
What happened to the paper mill in that region or to TINAPA?

Jobs.That really is what we need. Not a new seaport to use for exporting jobs and our future to other manufacturing nations.
Let us industrialize and move away from that IMPORTATION mentality

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Sorry am a bit slow, please can you in a very simple language explain what you wrote up there.

kmariko:
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Sorry am a bit slow, please can you in a very simple language explain what you wrote up there.

Find another of your slow coevals to explain to you

omonnakoda:
Importation is not the way to develop our economy or create jobs. Yes a port at that location would make sense if it is to be used for exports.To import first we musst earn the dollars and that is an oil dependency model.

Already the SE has many expert skilled shoemakers. What is government doint to enhance thei capabilities? Potentially with the rubber and leather resources in the country they can make enough shoes for our security services and even the whole country.
What about furniture making or building materials ,who is making these things in Nigeria.
What happened to the paper mill in that region or to TINAPA?

Jobs.That really is what we need. Not a new seaport to use for exporting jobs and our future to other manufacturing nations.
Let us industrialize and move away from that IMPORTATION mentality

build the port first then you can do others...so if the shoe makers want to export they should go to Lagos abi and conjest the port there instead of going to a place that is nearer to them...if what you wrote is your thinking then we can as well close down all Lagos ports and focus on 'creating jobs instead of exporting them'.

asha80:
build the port first then you can do others...so if the shoe makers want to export they should go to Lagos abi and conjest the port there instead of going to a place that is nearer to them

Why must they export

Build it na! Port that they did not build when oil was $100 is it at $40 they will build. Let them keep deceiving themselves. We need to develop an INTERNAL economy model. The ONLY reason for exporting is so as to IMPORT. If we reducee the need to import we reduce the need to export. Food clothes,medicines and building materials .Those should be our priorities for now.How do we industrialize to make those things that we can

The US economy depends 10% on exports. They are a large country with lots of resources so are we but we still import second bra and shimmy,Why?

Lovely news

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Kakpos:
MR. PRESIDENT YOU STOP LOKOJA PORT YAR'ADUA ALMOST COMPLETE BEFORE HE DIED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT FROM YOUR ZONE. IF YOU LIKE MAKE AMAHDU ALIH EVERYTHING WE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR YOU AGAIN.

[/s]One saddist spotted.next,their clawed face co-saddists will join.

omonnakoda:
Why must they export

Build it na! Port that they did not build when oil was $100 is it at $40 they will build. Let them keep deceiving themselves. We need to develop an INTERNAL economy model. The ONLY reason for exporting is so as to IMPORT. If we reducee the need to import we reduce the need to export. Food clothes,medicines and building materials .Those should be our priorities for now.How do we industrialize to make those things that we can

The US economy depends 10% on exports. They are a large country with lots of resources so are we but we still import second bra and shimmy,Why?

all these are rhetorics..the conjestion in apapa port needs to be reduced..traffic should be diverted to other places so they can also bear the burden of the country...i repeat if this your economic model is to be implemented which can be similar to what china once did then all ports in the country should be shut down

owobokiri:


Sadly/ironically, ibaka/ibom sea port might end up an idea basically because of the reason you gave in your last paragragh. . While a lot of people will shout "go back to your erosion ravaged villages" here, they are also aware that the high concentration of human and by extension, business activities in lagos, stimulated in no small measure by the ports in Lagos , helps bring in billions of Naira both as tax reveneu for the local and state governments and for local landlords who charge record rents for accomodations in Lagos (it is only in Lagos, that you will find the price of an empty swamp surrounded by a smelly lagoon bigger than that of a beachfront estate in Dubai!). Hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs have been created as a result too. . Many mega projects of this nature have eluded the former eastern Nigeria as a result of high level dirty backroom politics in the past. . If the Akwa ibom state government doesn't take the bull by the horn and start this project, it may never be realised. . The next governor should make this project his signature project.. Left to me, ibaka is far more important than the new stadium

Well spoken.truth is that,the opposition against Gej,is more than what they are presenting to Nigerians.
Same reason Oduah was blackmailed out of office,for stopping greater percentage of Igbos from using Lagos airport thereby dwindling the revenue acruing to Lagos from the airport,and increasing that of Enugu,by giving us Int'l airport.
Gej is unlocking the economic potentials of what was known as the former eastern region,and some people are not happy about that.
I av' told whosoever that cares to listen,that Akwa-abasi-ibom state,can rival lagos,if that port floats,because Igbos will channel their investments homeward,by using Ibaka port as export-import mega route,pending when Abia port floats.
Mark it,any SS/SEterner that opposes Gej,must be a bastard.

Akpabio/Akwa ibom state can bankroll the project.in fact,that project would av' been commission by now,had it been that its under state project.
Projects such as Int'l entry points like Int'l Airports,and In't seaports,are in federal list,and not state government list,hence,its only federal government that can initiate the plan,and award the contract.states can only lobby for it,and may partake in funding.

If it will decongest Lagos, welcome development

Kakpos:
MR. PRESIDENT YOU STOP LOKOJA PORT YAR'ADUA ALMOST COMPLETE BEFORE HE DIED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT FROM YOUR ZONE. IF YOU LIKE MAKE AMAHDU ALIH EVERYTHING WE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR YOU AGAIN.

Another cattleman in action

Why would he stop lokoja port when it is a known fact that you must pass through Onitsha port before you get to lokoja port


What you just implied is that , GEJ sabotaged Onitsha port

To me I feel disappointed that Akwa Ibom with all her oil revenue is still fooling around such wonderful project that can transform the state to an economic hub

The late Mbaka of old Imo and Abia won't slack in issues like this

I stand to be corrected, the governor is not serious about it otherwise by now that project would have being completed.

docsholz:
If it will decongest Lagos, welcome development

asha80:
all these are rhetorics..the conjestion in apapa port needs to be reduced..traffic should be diverted to other places so they can also bear the burden of the country...i repeat if this your economic model is to be implemented which can be similar to what china once did then all ports in the country should be shut down

Donmarrius:
[s][/s]One saddist spotted.next,their clawed face co-saddists will join.

Flets:
Lovely news

Tonylyte:
Am enjoying the all round development of the country. It was not like this(in the ss/se) before....it was onesided initially.

obongproff:
At last! Wow!
So happy to hear dis. Can't wait for this port to commence.
So dis was not a scam project after all?
Kudos to Akpabio!

omonnakoda:
Importation is not the way to develop our economy or create jobs. Yes a port at that location would make sense if it is to be used for exports.To import first we musst earn the dollars and that is an oil dependency model.

Already the SE has many expert skilled shoemakers. What is government doint to enhance thei capabilities? Potentially with the rubber and leather resources in the country they can make enough shoes for our security services and even the whole country.
What about furniture making or building materials ,who is making these things in Nigeria.
What happened to the paper mill in that region or to TINAPA?

Jobs.That really is what we need.[s] Not a new seaport to use for exporting jobs and our future to other manufacturing nations.
Let us industrialize and move away from that IMPORTATION mentality[/s]

you made point from the beginning,but goofed at the ending.
Yes,we don't want importation,but export.
Their are many products & services within Abia/Anambra belt,that needs exportation,and hence,new port is Important.
You want job,not new port.how old are you?.
Do you how many job that port cand both directly and indirectly create by its usage?.
You don't want new port,but Lagos state government is lobbing for a THIRD port in Lekki.who are you fooling,yourself or we Igbos?.
Government doesn't av' business building industries,individuals/investors does (and that's what happens here in the East),but government need to avail those industries with a readily available/nearby means of transportation(export route).

owobokiri:


Sadly/ironically, ibaka/ibom sea port might end up an idea basically because of the reason you gave in your last paragragh. . While a lot of people will shout "go back to your erosion ravaged villages" here, they are also aware that the high concentration of human and by extension, business activities in lagos, stimulated in no small measure by the ports in Lagos , helps bring in billions of Naira both as tax reveneu for the local and state governments and for local landlords who charge record rents for accomodations in Lagos (it is only in Lagos, that you will find the price of an empty swamp surrounded by a smelly lagoon bigger than that of a beachfront estate in Dubai!). Hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs have been created as a result too. . Many mega projects of this nature have eluded the former eastern Nigeria as a result of high level dirty backroom politics in the past. . If the Akwa ibom state government doesn't take the bull by the horn and start this project, it may never be realised. . The next governor should make this project his signature project.. Left to me, ibaka is far more important than the new stadium

Correct

If you are a lady, I would have given you good sex


Akwa Ibom government lacks wisdom

That port is far more important than any other project


That port if built can transform Akwa Ibom into the Dubai of Africa


I am disappointed in the governor

Donmarrius:

you made point from the beginning,but goofed at the ending.
Yes,we don't want importation,but export.
Their are many products & services within Abia/Anambra belt,that needs exportation,and hence,new port is Important.
You want job,not new port.how old are you?.
Do you how many job that port cand both directly and indirectly create by its usage?.
You don't want new port,but Lagos state government is lobbing for a THIRD port in Lekki.who are you fooling,yourself or we Igbos?.
Government doesn't av' business building industries,individuals/investors does (and that's what happens here in the East),but government need to avail those industries with a readily available/nearby means of transportation(export route).

Goofed? Guy Try and learn some manners Not everyone appreciates that kind of approach. How old is your mother?

[s]

omonnakoda:
Why must they export

Build it na! Port that they did not build when oil was $100 is it at $40 they will build. Let them keep deceiving themselves. We need to develop an INTERNAL economy model. The ONLY reason for exporting is so as to IMPORT. If we reducee the need to import we reduce the need to export. Food clothes,medicines and building materials .Those should be our priorities for now.How do we industrialize to make those things that we can

The US economy depends 10% on exports. They are a large country with lots of resources so are we but we still import second bra and shimmy,Why?

[/s]We av' passed this petty ploy of yours.tell Lagos state government to close her ports,and we will talk.

omonnakoda:
Importation is not the way to develop our economy or create jobs. Yes a port at that location would make sense if it is to be used for exports.To import first we musst earn the dollars and that is an oil dependency model.

Already the SE has many expert skilled shoemakers. What is government doint to enhance thei capabilities? Potentially with the rubber and leather resources in the country they can make enough shoes for our security services and even the whole country.
What about furniture making or building materials ,who is making these things in Nigeria.
What happened to the paper mill in that region or to TINAPA?

Jobs.That really is what we need. Not a new seaport to use for exporting jobs and our future to other manufacturing nations.
Let us industrialize and move away from that IMPORTATION mentality

What is this one saying

Is as if you know that if the seaport is built, Lagos will lose her almighty advantage as the most active economic lifeline

asha80:
build the port first then you can do others...so if the shoe makers want to export they should go to Lagos abi and conjest the port there instead of going to a place that is nearer to them...if what you wrote is your thinking then we can as well close down all Lagos ports and focus on 'creating jobs instead of exporting them'.

Don't mind the guy

He said it so as to discourage a project that can dwarf Lagos

omonnakoda:
Goofed? Guy Try and learn some manners Not everyone appreciates that kind of approach. How old is your mother?

ya sure goofed.read my post again,and you will see where you goofed.

Take on me,let me school you,its only cowards that likes decoy.

Donmarrius:
Well spoken.truth is that,the opposition against Gej,is more than what they are presenting to Nigerians.
Same reason Oduah was blackmailed out of office,for stopping greater percentage of Igbos from using Lagos airport thereby dwindling the revenue acruing to Lagos from the airport,and increasing that of Enugu,by giving us Int'l airport.
Gej is unlocking the economic potentials of what was known as the former eastern region,and some people are not happy about that.
I av' told whosoever that cares to listen,that Akwa-abasi-ibom state,can rival lagos,if that port floats,because Igbos will channel their investments homeward,by using Ibaka port as export-import mega route,pending when Abia port floats.
Mark it,any SS/SEterner that opposes Gej,must be a bastard.

Akpabio/Akwa ibom state can bankroll the project.in fact,that project would av' been commission by now,had it been that its under state project.
Projects such as Int'l entry points like Int'l Airports,and In't seaports,are in federal list,and not state government list,hence,its only federal government that can initiate the plan,and award the contract.states can only lobby for it,and may partake in funding.

Sir I disagree with this part I highlighted red


The State government should have built it . Then lobby the FG to make it an international seaport.


That is what Mbakwe did when Shagari told him that he can't build an airport in old IMO when one already exist in PH.

BlackTechnology:
To me I feel disappointed that Akwa Ibom with all her oil revenue is still fooling around such wonderful project that can transform the state to an economic hub

The late Mbaka of old Imo and Abia won't slack in issues like this

I stand to be corrected, the governor is not serious about it otherwise by now that project would have being completed.

My guy,states do not av' the power to build in'l access routes into the country,federal government does.unless fed.approve of it,states won't do it.you av' got to lobby,and Akpobio has been doing it.

NL ibos are a bunch of comedians. On one hand, they claim lagos is no man's land and that it might even belong to them while on the other hand they want the economy to dwindle. How can you wish evil on your own house? Silly freaks

Donmarrius:
My guy,states do not av' the power to build in'l access routes into the country,federal government does.unless fed.approve of it,states won't do it.you av' got to lobby,and Akpobio has been doing it.

You are wrong

Do you know the late Sam Mbakwe of old IMO in the days of Shagari

States can build and then lobby the FG to make it an international seaport


Mark my words

Jona would have quickly internationalized it

1.5$ billions dollars should do,
i wish it was completely a state project
they should speed it up , cant wait to site my next Company at Ibaka

Slowly but surely every man shall possess their possession.


God is good. Thank God.