Tetehjewels:


How can it be a reaction to Amotekun when the Eastern ports were being prepared for this from as far back as 4 years ago?

When did Amotekun spring up?

majamajic:


Wetin concern ibos here , don't u know the difference between Niger Delta and SE ?

Or u think the Lagos importer that directed his goods to Lagos terminal don't have sense ?

Do u know he is going to move the containers back to Lagos again ?

If Onee was his best option he would have chosed Port Harcourt from country of departure

The importers in East do choose port in the first place , so this is Lagos consignment going down to Niger Delta only to move back to Lagos again. Niger Delta government will gain it not SE !!

SpartanKing:
4 years ago; you said! Why sudden implementation? The North knows that the SW gets the bulk of its revenue from Lagos. There's always a build-up to any major occurrence. Don't be surprise to notice the major shipping companies not berthing in Lagos!

Tetehjewels:


I am sure the so called herdsmen this is also Political same way the Militants were

Ustec:

Those herdsmen are really having a free ride,though some are politically motivated,the issue of bandits and the likes,
Really becoming to serious,we have never had it like this for a very long time.
Buhari needs to go hard on them now that they want to see his true military colour.

ThiagoKid:
To every one step forward, 10 step backward

Maxymilliano:
The move was borne out of necessity due to heavy congestion at the Port occasioned by the border closure, which compels most vessels designated for Lome or Cotonou en route Nigeria ab initio to redirect to Nigeria Ports.

This has caused sever backlogs, causing vessels to be held for several days.

Currently, it takes an average of 10 weeks for vessels to berth due to the congestions and additional 2 weeks for your containers to find its way out of the Port.

A good development, no doubt but I don't really see it as masterstroke, except you are probably still being spoonfed and have not really ventured into real business.

DaBullIT:
Please don't cause wahala this early morning


please, they will take it the wrong way and someone will link imaginary dots to claim Yoruba is perfecting the move to seceede with creation of Amoketun and decongestion of ports

Tetehjewels:
They say Buhari is incompetent but everyday he keeps doing things PDP never did and could never do in their entire 16yrs of failed leadership.

He is showing through action that he is competent.

For the first time in decades the Eastern ports are coming alive with vessels

chukel:
Very commendable. However I have my fears about the warri terminal. The youths will constitute themselves into greater nuisance

helinues:
This is what we have all been clamouring for.. Decongest Lagos port and give opportunity to other ports in Nigeria.

SS governors should seized this opportunity to tighten the security of their region.. More job opportunities to your people while that will ease state government stress

Tetehjewels:
They say Buhari is incompetent but everyday he keeps doing things PDP never did and could never do in their entire 16yrs of failed leadership.

He is showing through action that he is competent.

For the first time in decades the Eastern ports are coming alive with vessels

Tetehjewels:
They say Buhari is incompetent but everyday he keeps doing things PDP never did and could never do in their entire 16yrs of failed leadership.

He is showing through action that he is competent.

For the first time in decades the Eastern ports are coming alive with vessels

Daniel058:
But kwanu what if they offload ur goods where you intended to offload it? That one na favor Abi punishment?

Well,we need Port here Biko....



Abakaliki_Port_on_my_mind

efighter:
And for 16 years, PDP could not offload even hand paddled canoes outside Lagos. Yet, the useless clowns went to tell USA to help them with Nigeria election. USA whose election was rigged by school children in Russia. Please let APC continue rigging and ruling.

I888:
yeah, for infrastructure, the man is trying.

Though I am not his fan due to state of the country but I have to admit that his Lagos Ibadan Railway project opened an indirect door of multimillions for me...

Agboriotejoye:

You zombies are totally irredeemable. How does creating a problem yourself looking for a solution yourself a "genius move"? Which govt in the history of Nigeria has ever closed the land borders for this long or are you unaware that most cargo meant for Nigeria actually berth at Benin, Cameroon and even Ghana ports?
Have you gone to those ports which were referred to as river ports by amaechi recently to be sure they have the capacity to handle the volume of vessels being redirected to them?

Zooposki:


It was born out of necessity. He had no choice. Lagos was too overcrowded .

ThiagoKid:
To every one step forward, 10 step backward

Tetehjewels:


When he does the same people complaining will be the ones shouting RULE OF LAW everywhere especially if some political figures close to them are indited

Maxymilliano:
The move was borne out of necessity due to heavy congestion at the Port occasioned by the border closure, which compels most vessels designated for Lome or Cotonou en route Nigeria ab initio to redirect to Nigeria Ports.

This has caused sever backlogs, causing vessels to be held for several days.

Currently, it takes an average of 10 weeks for vessels to berth due to the congestions and additional 2 weeks for your containers to find its way out of the Port.

A good development, no doubt but I don't really see it as masterstroke, except you are probably still being spoonfed and have not really ventured into real business.

Gloriagee:
The message u sent is not something to worry about but her response abi her reaction na the one wey dey worry you. Dont worry you never start to see reaction, u hear.

Newton's third law is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Your wife is really nice. She blocked u to keep herself from saying stuff she'll regret. U definitely can do better by being open minded n free from biases.

omohayek:

You seem to be the only other person on here who understands why this move is far less sensible than it might appear. Everyone else commenting seems to think the importers who insist on using the congested Lagos ports have no idea about how the costs of waiting there weigh against the costs and risks of using Onne, Calabar and the rest, but surely those with huge sums of their own money on the line will be most thorough in doing the necessary due diligence.

If daring pirates and paying extra road transportation costs were worth using non-Lagos ports, no one would hesitate to use them, just as Nigeria wouldn’t have needed to close its borders to force traffic from Lome to Apapa if Apapa were being properly managed in the first place. The reality is that Apapa doesn’t rank amongst the first 50 busiest ports worldwide, with any number of individual ports in Europe, North America and Asia handling many times the volume of Nigeria’s entire import/export volume in a safe and speedy manner. All this government’s efforts amount to are superficial attempts at plastering over a fundamental problem of woeful mismanagement, and the guaranteed result will be to raise prices for Nigerian consumers even higher than they already are.

Vortex369:
Time to go and build my warehouse.

Port traffic has forced the Kaduna Mafia to follow the voice of reasoning.

The beginning of economic revolution of defunct Biafra 1960-1963)

Tetehjewels:


Read and stop throwing spit everywhere abeg wailing zombie

https://www.nairaland.com/5655923/tolu-ogunlesis-tweets-revival-eastern

DuxofMen:


Have you seen the sheer number of containers and trucks going out of Lagos on a daily basis? Yes, Lagos is a commercial centre but only a fraction of the imports are actually consumed here, the bulk are distributed round the country and even re-exported to other west African countries.


The SE importers know the port best to them , every importer knows the port best to him

Not about SE gaining here , do SE owns any of the port ?

The implications of utilisation the other ports is simply that, importers will invest in warehouses in those regions, thereby generating more commercial activities. I agree the SS stands to benefit but the SE as well. Please tell me which is closer to Aba, a major commercial hub in the SE, is it Apapa or Onne? Have you considered the gains in terms of exports of made in Aba goods from those regions if this works out. Methinks our brothers from the SE should actually be excited about this policy and do all within their means to make it work rather than them expressing all manners of condemnation and skepticism about it.

Tetehjewels:


This also shows that there is now relative peace in the Niger Delta all thanks to the Osibanjo initiative

IamTallest:
The issue here is not a permanent one.they are only redirecting vessels which cannot berth at Lagos ports due to congestion as a result of border closure!!.....let that sink first.....
The real deal will come when vessels start going directly from europe,asia,America directly to the eastern ports without having to come to Lagos At All!!!.....
Are you aware that most of these vessels carrying goods at Lagos ports now are actually meant for importers residing in lagos....it will be difficult for them to go to Portharcourt or calabar to clear their goods.so its not a case to fully celebrate as its additional cost to the importers.

Let the government revive the eastern ports by declaring that any goods bound for the eastern region should be cleared at the eastern ports.dat is when we would roll out the drums and clap.dassol