oyoirabor:


so people will wake up and start building ports without government permit/approval?

Talk less and reason more!!!!!

Senseless question. People can't wake up and start building even houses without government permit/approval?

Did any SS billionaire seek for approval to build ports and was refused by the FG? Did not some governments or private people build airports in the East?

The fact is that there are more to why Port Harcourt and Calabar ports are not working than the nonpolitical and nonethnicized minds can see. In Development theory, everything that aids development matters, regardless of who owns what.

NkayStory:


The SE and SS regiion needs a functioning Seaport capable of ferrying very large vessels as a matter of serious urgency

Lagos seaport is not sustainable anymore.

I have liked your comment but my question is will our daily asking and shouting have buhari died! Buhari must die, have buhari died? Buhari must die, enable him to do this things?


Will it?

Elrufai side with the power that be and get this things simple.

IBOM DEEP WATER PORT

Bolloré Africa Logistics–PowerChina International Group Limited Consortium (the “BolloréPowerChina Consortium”) has emerged the preferred bidder for the Ibom Deep Seaport Project (IDSP). This selection followed a rigorous evaluation process conducted by the Evaluation Committee convened by the IDSP Ministerial Project Development and Steering Committee (MPDSC) on competing bids received in response to the IDSP Request for Proposal (RFP). China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. emerged as the reserved bidder.



The Honourable Minister of Transportation has approved the IDSP project to proceed to the next stage of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process which is negotiation with the preferred bidder with the view to work out the investment and concession details.



Bolloré Africa Logistics, Africa’s leading port operator, is a part of French-based Bolloré Transport & Logistics (Bolloré). Bolloré is a global port operator with 18 container terminal concessions (in Europe, Africa, India, Asia and the Americas), 27 general cargo and bulk terminals, 7 RoRo terminals, 25 multimodal platforms and dry port concessions and one barging concession. Bolloré ranks among the top-20 port operators in the world, according to the 2017 Drewry Global Container Terminal Operator ranking. PowerChina International Group Limited is the international business headquarters and the core business centre of Power Construction Corporation of China which is the world’s top hydropower, electric power, and infrastructure construction group.



“On behalf of the Akwa Ibom State Government (AKSG), I thank the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMOT), Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) and the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) for giving full and unstinting support to the AKSG throughout the IDSP PPP procurement process, including the recently concluded RFP bids opening and evaluation milestones which saw to the selection of the Preferred and Reserved Bidders”. said Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) who spoke on behalf on His Excellency Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State.



The SSG added “The AKSG is unwavering in its determination and will work in tandem with the FMOT and NPA to realize the IDSP. Upon its completion, the IDSP is poised to bring smart, world class port handling capacity to the doorsteps of Akwa Ibom State and to serve the cargo handling demand of the West and Central African countries, States in the South-South as well as South East regions of Nigeria. We are confident that the IDSP will be pivotal to the economic development of the State and the surrounding regions,”



Speaking on the project, the Ag. DG of ICRC, Engr. Chidi Izuwah said “the IDSP is one of the PPP projects that we are very proud of. The seaport will form part of an integrated industrial city to help foster economic development of the country as transportation is key to national development”.



“The seaport is near the South-South and South-East regions and will drive the economic transformation and empowerment of Nigerians with a multiplier effect that will create massive employment for the country’s teeming population. It’s circle of economic influence is expected to extend radially to the North Central, North Eastern and North Western zones”.



He noted also that the next steps for the project will be a due diligence on the preferred proponent and extensive negotiations after which a Full Business Case (FBC) will be submitted by the FMOT to ICRC for the issuance of an FBC compliance certificate. The FBC compliance certificate will be presented for approval of the Federal Executive Council.



*About the IDSP PPP Procurement Process*



The Ibom Deep Seaport Project is a landmark Public Private Partnership (PPP) port infrastructure project to spearhead Nigeria’s economic reform and transformation programme. The IDSP PPP procurement was approved by the Federal Executive Council in May 2015 and followed the ICRC procurement rules. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) was issued in January 2018. A total of eight ( RFQ applications were received when the RFQ closed in March 2018, out of which three (3) applicants were shortlisted as Bidders to proceed to the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage. The RFP was issued in April 2018 and closed in September 2018, with a Pre-Bid Conference held in June 2018 during the RFP period. Opening of the competing bids received was conducted in September 2018 in accordance with due process in the presence of the bidders, the ICRC and invited press.



Thereafter, rigorous evaluation of the bids was conducted in line with international best practices which culminated in the selection of Bolloré–PowerChina Consortium as the Preferred Bidder and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. as the Reserved Bidder. The next stage is negotiation with the Preferred Bidder which will be conducted in compliance with all extant rules stipulated by the IDSP Ministerial Project Development and Steering Committee (MPDSC).



The Ibom Deep Seaport is strategically located in the South East of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (a leading oil and gas producing state in Nigeria). The 2,565 hectares greenfield port area, integrated within the Ibom Industrial City (IIC) – a Free Trade Zone replete with fiscal incentives, is designed to berth New Panamax Class vessels with channel depth (18.24m); turning basin and berth depth (16.72m); and quay length of about 7.5 km upon completion. Operations is expected to commence in 2021.



Mfon Ekong Usoro

Chairperson, TC-IDSP
link http://ppp.icrc.gov.ng/project/55)

PrecisionFx:


Piracy and Militancy ....Why hasn't the piracy and Militancy in the Niger delta killed the export of 2 million barrels of crude oil daily from that same Niger delta Use ur sense.

There are 6 seaports in nigeria, And there are about 3 or 4 river ports in Nigeria namely Onitsha river port, Oguta river port in imo state, Sapele river port, Okrika river port in rivers, there's also a river port in Kogi state.

Do u still need to be cleared? Militancy my ass.

Please name the 6 seaports in the eastern Nigeria like you said earlier.

Do you think crude oil is being exported from the ports? They have loading terminals where the barges load for exportation. Even at that the forcadod terminal was vandalized earlier this year. Which resulted to huge drop in production.
Militancy and vandalization of oil made companies like shell concentrate more on offshore production....

I am still waiting for your list of 6 Eastern sea ports

It's okay ���

MetaPhysical:
This is what Lagosians have been praying for. Let everybody take their own cargo away from Lagos and decongest the city. Too many accidents with trucks and trailers carrying containers on our roads. Thank God we can expect less fatality now.

Easterners please follow this man example and tell your billionaires and governors to follow suit so your people are not resulting in casualty on highway everyday running business back and forth.

Kudos to Elrufai! He should use the opportunity to generate IGR if Niger buys in to his idea.

Is it only me that is noticing sifia pain in your voice? Mumuna

vioment:
El rufai is currently among the very few great real leaders in nigeria, matter of fact right after VP.

Which VP? Don't be silly please.

oluwaahmed:


This is a Federal govt project o. Don't you guys do research before rushing to post

FG flags off Kaduna inland dry port
By Albert Akota

Federal government yesterday flagged off the Kaduna Inland Dry Port (KIDP) at Kakuri to curb the challenges being faced by importers and exporters as well as guaranteeing seamless movement of cargo from the seaports to the state.

He is either clueless or trying to be mischievous (as usual) in order to drag in the dreaded Igbos

johnpablo541:


Please name the 6 seaports in the eastern Nigeria like you said earlier.

Do you think crude oil is being exported from the ports? They have loading terminals where the barges load for exportation. Even at that the forcadod terminal was vandalized earlier this year. Which resulted to huge drop in production.
Militancy and vandalization of oil made companies like shell concentrate more on offshore production....

I am still waiting for your list of 6 Eastern sea ports

There are no sea ports in Eastern or South Eastern Nigeria according to Nigerian interpretation of the Cardinal Points but there are sea ports in Eastern, South Eastern, South South Eastern and South South Western Nigeria according to international Cardinal Points representation

MetaPhysical:
This is what Lagosians have been praying for. Let everybody take their own cargo away from Lagos and decongest the city. Too many accidents with trucks and trailers carrying containers on our roads. Thank God we can expect less fatality now.

Easterners please follow this man example and tell your billionaires and governors to follow suit so your people are not resulting in casualty on highway everyday running business back and forth.

Kudos to Elrufai! He should use the opportunity to generate IGR if Niger buys in to his idea.

Tell that to your apc government to channel lagos shipping companies to the east, the likes of cma. Mearsk line, China shipping, atc

El-rufai dey tackle Tinubu this period sha. This 2023 matter no go easy o

bamidek:

IBOM DEEP WATER PORT


Mfon Ekong Usoro

Chairperson, TC-IDSP
link http://ppp.icrc.gov.ng/project/55)

IDSP has an outstanding statistics bigger than Lagos port. The 16+ metre Bert depth will provide great buoyancy to most heavy cargo vessels.
I believe the FG will remove the bottle neck that have prevented the use of South Eastern shorelines for shipment aside oil and gas cargos.
No doubt PH and Warri sea ports have low draught aside Onne, but Brass has a natural deep sea port that requires little or no dredging to function. Also there is an abandoned deep sea port somewhere in Cross River state, I think Bakassi region.
The truth is that FG designated the sea ports in this region for handling only Oil and Gas related cargos and there is a white paper on that. It's a deliberate action.

chimjoshjuan:
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has revealed his plans of sending a delegation to tell the Republic of Niger to start using the Kaduna Inland Dry Port instead of using the seaports in Lagos State.El-Rufai who revealed that he will tell Niger to start using Kaduna port and not Lagos while speaking on Tuesday on sidelines of the ceremony for the commencement of cargo delivery by rail to the Kaduna Inland Dry Port, said; 

“We are very grateful today’s event has opened a new vista of commercial opportunities, not only for northern businessmen but even for our neighbouring countries. I intend to send a delegation to the Republic of Niger to sensitise the government of that country on the opportunities of receiving their goods in Kaduna instead of Lagos and having to truck them, as well as any of their exports from Kaduna port to any part of the world.

You can ship your goods directly from Kaduna to any part of the world and you can also import goods from any part of the world directly to Kaduna without your containers or any of your goods being opened up for inspection in Lagos.”


https://unclesuru.com/2019/05/08/ill-tell-niger-to-use-kaduna-port-not-lagos-el-rufai/

"You can ship your goods directly from Kaduna to any part of the world and you can also import goods from any part of the world directly to Kaduna without your containers or any of your goods being opened up for inspection in Lagos". ~~ El-Rufai


my opinion:
The northerners can now easily import tramadol and codeine to feed their Useless children suffering from addiction. They can now easily import weapons straight to kaduna, because, although cargo will come in through Apapa/Tincan, but Apapa/TinCan have no right to open any container heading to Kaduna. Thats the thing

Easterners will also build the railway from Lagos to the East? Did you read in the news the Kaduna governor built the railway that conveys the goods? If you build a dry port in Imo State will the goods not going to be transported from Lagos by road?

MetaPhysical:
This is what Lagosians have been praying for. Let everybody take their own cargo away from Lagos and decongest the city. Too many accidents with trucks and trailers carrying containers on our roads. Thank God we can expect less fatality now.

Easterners please follow this man example and tell your billionaires and governors to follow suit so your people are not resulting in casualty on highway everyday running business back and forth.

Kudos to Elrufai! He should use the opportunity to generate IGR if Niger buys in to his idea.

I realise that many people here do not understand what it takes for ports to survive.

The major incentive is patronage, followed by facilities.

No carrier will call a port without sufficient inducement and this can only come if shippers/receivers demand , and are able to pay, for that call.

In the absence of such scenario, the carrier will consolidate shipments and make a single call from where receivers can effect lastmile delivery to their preferred destinations.
For obvious reasons, the carrier will also take security of vessel, cargo amd crew into consideration.


In the case of Inland ports, all the Nigerien/other upcountry users need to do is to demand a service that connects to the inland terminals and pay accordingly. This service provides that shipments will undergo customs formalities at the inland ports.

It is not rocket science .

The pedestrian politics on this forum is sickening.

MetaPhysical:
This is what Lagosians have been praying for. Let everybody take their own cargo away from Lagos and decongest the city. Too many accidents with trucks and trailers carrying containers on our roads. Thank God we can expect less fatality now.

Easterners please follow this man example and tell your billionaires and governors to follow suit so your people are not resulting in casualty on highway everyday running business back and forth.

Kudos to Elrufai! He should use the opportunity to generate IGR if Niger buys in to his idea.

i love u and and i love your advice.

Mr bodybag want to be relevant

alphaNomega:
How will the goods make it to Kaduna? Teleportation?

NB: I need someone to break it down for me. I don't understand how containers are cleared at ports.

cargo heading for Kaduna port, wil come in via Apapa or TinCan, no custom officer has d right to open it. it wil be hauled from Lagos port to kaduna via rail. Then, customs in Kaduna can open, see the codeine and tramadol importer for the northern youths consumption, turn a blind eye, lock container, issue examination papers, clear the container for release

I av always said that, the secret of this country is in the hands of the North. Those guys ain't really so stupid as we all think

alphaNomega:
How will the goods make it to Kaduna? Teleportation?

NB: I need someone to break it down for me. I don't understand how containers are cleared at ports.

The cargoes will be moved by rail from Lagos to Kaduna, then from Kaduna to Niger Rep

hisgrace090:
When elrufai was busy working on this port other governors that have such need were equally busy blaming fg for not building port in their domen, what an irony?

He can think of building a Dry Port because Amaechi has focused on and ensured that the Northern Rail-lines are functional. Or was it hell Rufai that did the Rails from Lagos to Kaduna?

The owner of nigeria has spoken like a true king. Tinubu is a slave as you can see.
Only thing he knows is how to rig election

mathewLonger:
Politics of Seaport in Nigeria.

Before the establishment of Lagos Wharf Port were very advanced Port Harcourt and Calabar Seaports. The two collapsed completely due to the civil war. No effort was made again by the successive governments to reopen the ports. Of note, Seaport and sea transportation is an exclusive constitutional preserve of the Federal Government.

What then is preventing the Federal Government from reopening the Port Harcourt and Calabar Seaports? South Africa has four major seaports servicing its economy. Can't we emulate good things and leave ethnic politics aside.

Before?

ReallY?

When was lagos port established?

kinharold:


He can think of building a Dry Port because Amaechi has focused on and ensured that the Northern Rail-lines are functional. Or was it hell Rufai that did the Rails from Lagos to Kaduna?

Until we start telling our poor performing governors look guy your performance is unacceptable to their very faces, we can't get it right.


Instead of criticizing a governor in a faraway state who his performance will not developed my own state I will criticise my own gov and get my place developed.

MetaPhysical:
[s]This is what Lagosians have been praying for. Let everybody take their own cargo away from Lagos and decongest the city. Too many accidents with trucks and trailers carrying containers on our roads. Thank God we can expect less fatality now. [/s]

Easterners please follow this man example and tell your billionaires and governors to follow suit so your people are not resulting in casualty on highway everyday running business back and forth.

[s]Kudos to Elrufai! He should use the opportunity to generate IGR if Niger buys in to his idea.[/s]

What happened to Calabar, Porthacourt and Warri ports? BLACK MONKEY use your senses..

kaen1317:
its the agenda of the powers that be to suppress the SE and SS. It's an open secret

Oga, there was Ebele for 6 years, was he also trying to suppress the SE and SS?

kinharold:


He can think of building a Dry Port because Amaechi has focused on and ensured that the Northern Rail-lines are functional. Or was it hell Rufai that did the Rails from Lagos to Kaduna?

So Amaechi in 3 and a half years, designed and build the northern rails from kaduna to Lagos. Amaechi must be super human.
Find out who designed and first awarded the Lagos Kaduna rail line.

divineappo:
"You can ship your goods directly from Kaduna to any part of the world and you can also import goods from any part of the world directly to Kaduna without your containers or any of your goods being opened up for inspection in Lagos". ~~ El-Rufai


my opinion:
The northerners can now easily import tramadol and codeine to feed their Useless children suffering from addiction. They can now easily import weapons straight to kaduna, because, although cargo will come in through Apapa/Tincan, but Apapa/TinCan have no right to open any container heading to Kaduna. Thats the thing

Apapa/Tincan have every right to open all cargos coming through its ports. We shall open and inspect every single thing. So you think you can import guns and bombs to come and use to attack Lagos under your useless cover of Boko Haram and we will be looking at you like fools. By the way going forward the head of customs must be Lagosian. If it was another tribe they will not let a non indegene close to leadership of their ports since other miscreants are so jealous of our resources. It’s time Lagosians stand up and fight for their resources and assets.

Bridget95:
Do as you please , if you like invite Somalia and your people from Guinee and Mali that is your business.

Don't worry it will soon be your business when you are forced to wear Injab for your wedding as Mallam's 4th wife

MetaPhysical:
This is what Lagosians have been praying for. Let everybody take their own cargo away from Lagos and decongest the city. Too many accidents with trucks and trailers carrying containers on our roads. Thank God we can expect less fatality now.

Easterners please follow this man example and tell your billionaires and governors to follow suit so your people are not resulting in casualty on highway everyday running business back and forth.

Kudos to Elrufai! He should use the opportunity to generate IGR if Niger buys in to his idea.

Oga shut up abeg.
As if u dont know there are ports already in the SS and SE.
Who shut dem down and what makes you think the SS and SE are not clamouring for ports in their regions


Have you asked your self, why FG will shut down more than three ports in the SS and SE regions and be building another in Lagos?
What sense does its make.?? You can connote the answer. Its simple.
Lets not be one sided please.

Ruling with sentiments

mathewLonger:
Politics of Seaport in Nigeria.

Before the establishment of Lagos Wharf Port were very advanced Port Harcourt and Calabar Seaports. The two collapsed completely due to the civil war. No effort was made again by the successive governments to reopen the ports. Of note, Seaport and sea transportation is an exclusive constitutional preserve of the Federal Government.

What then is preventing the Federal Government from reopening the Port Harcourt and Calabar Seaports? South Africa has four major seaports servicing its economy. Can't we emulate good things and leave ethnic politics aside.

GBAM !!!

Why can't they use the money used in building lekki port be used in re-opening portharcourt and Calabar? WHY?
Sentiments. and wickedness of the highest order.
And we want Nigeria to be great. RARA OO. not possible
Infact, some nairalanders are really pure and direct in heart.
i never knew