chigoizie7:

Sea ports is a very big capital intensive project that can only be embarked on by FG considering the current economic situation. And akwa-ibom Can not just do that. Lagos state govt did not build the port in Lagos, FG did, and with money generated from naija exports.

The Igbo tribe is too brilliant to be held down by the flimsy excuse. Why not liaise with Akwa Ibom n bring in a capable investor just like Lagos did, solicit a licence from the FG because hate Speeches won't earn you one and let this people build and manage the port till they recoup their investment. Do I need to do cost analysis and contract terms of the Lekki port before you can come up with such.

Ofodirinwa:
They're both stupid, and i'm beginning to wonder if this is all we have in brain power. How can you deport someone from a place they drove to freely, they'll just drive back.

How can you present 'lets make other places more attractive' as a plan to decongest Lagos? Will the Lagos State government halt their own development so that others will surpass them? Will the businesses in Lagos stop hiring? Will people stop investing there even though it's the best market in the country?

People invest in PH, Enugu, Makurdi etc. But for every 1 business that goes to these places 20 go to Lagos. Lagos is now building Eko Atlantic. Will we tell them to stop? Will we build one in Ibadan, Kano, Katsina and Uyo just to make sure Lagos isn't too attractive? Will he increase the budget of Non-Lagosian states?

It's obvious to all of us that we would be advantaged by other placed being as strong as Lagos. This isn't an 'idea'. We would be advantaged if we call have N1 billion naira as well.

True talk! But one reason why people flock to Lagos to live and work, is due to the poor infrastructure in many places outside Lagos, which stifles trade and investment opportunities in those areas.

If we had a safe, reliable and efficient multi-modal transportation system (e.g. road, rail, air and ferry services) linking all parts of Nigeria in an effective manner, such that you can be in any city in Nigeria within a maximum of two hours, why would everyone still want to live in Lagos??!

People would just live outside Lagos, and simply commute into the city when it is absolutely necessary. Afterwards, they could then decide to go back to their place. Apart from that, the availability of safe efficient transport system connecting the hinterland to the cities, would also open up the hinterland and suburbs, and jump start trade or business opportunities in those areas.

Someone once said that there is hardly any state in Nigeria, that does not have one solid mineral or the other available in commercial quantity, that can be exported for cash.

Honestly, our leaders need to think out of the box. if there was an efficient rail system connecting every city in Nigeria, I would simply live in Minna, Lafia or Lokoja and commute.

kettykin:
Cost of doing business in Lagos is very high.
By the time a deep sea port is located in Akwa Ibom state most of eastern business men would relocate.

The oil companies headquarters in Lagos like chevron, Total, mobil have no business staying in Lagos, they should be made relocate to the niger delta hosting the oil wells.
Including NNPC too.

Consulate offices of the major destinations should open office in Port Harcourt and Enugu. Like China, Britain, France Germany, US, South Africa.

The federal government should invest in infrastructure like repairs of highways linking major cities in the niger delta.,making Enugu international airport same standard as Abuja international airport.
More than half of the visitors in Lagos would gladly leave. Lagos would become less congested, the cries of marginalization will reduce, dissent and plans for Secession will die out. The economy will be boosted and reinvigorated. And the gdp of the country would improve with more jobs created.

You have said it well. But will our leaders buy it? No way. People were not forced into Lagos and you can't force them out.

bugzbunny:
Step one~dredge river Niger
Step two~relocate some multinational H.q offices to other part of the country..
Step three~build cargo airports across the country especially the east
Step four~create jobs

Half of lagos populace are fed up with the stress...but they gat to eat..

explain step 4

regulate zoning distribute multiple central business districts so that everyone isn't moving in the same direction during rush hour basically creating mini cities within the city it's a port heck it's THE port and hence will always be highly populated unless we stop import and export

ayokellany:

The Igbo tribe is too brilliant to be held down by the flimsy excuse. Why not liaise with Akwa Ibom n bring in a capable investor just like Lagos did, solicit a licence from the FG because hate Speeches won't earn you one and let this people build and manage the port till they recoup their investment. Do I need to do cost analysis and contract terms of the Lekki port before you can come up with such.

There is a functional deep sea port at Onne. Will they use it?? No! Their excuse is that the militants operate in that axis, it is concessioned to a private firm, and clearance charges in Onne are higher than Lagos.

Like I asked on another thread, why not form a pressure group to govt and ask for a review of the charges? Also, isn't it possible for the importers to liaise with security agencies and community leaders to resolve the issue about the militants??

There is another deep sea port being planned for Ibaka near Akwa Ibom. Calabar port is there as well, but needs to be dredged regularly. Koko in Sapele axis also has ports, but the facilities need to be upgraded and their waters also need dredging.

bugzbunny:
Step one~dredge river Niger
Step two~relocate some multinational H.q offices to other part of the country..
Step three~build cargo airports across the country especially the east
Step four~create jobs

Half of lagos populace are fed up with the stress...but they gat to eat..

Relocate multinational offices to other parts of the country? Why?? Most of these multinational HQs already have operational depots, offices and factories in other parts of the country. Decisions about where to site the headquarters of a multi-national office, depends on a variety of factors.

Well, if you can also help to upgrade facilities in those other parts of the country, to make it convenient for the multinational HQs to function there just as easily as they do in Lagos, why not??

Omololu007:
you better stop deceiving yourself,,River Niger will never be dredge by the federal government...so are you saying the federal government to force companies to move there headquarters from lagos state? Cause I don't really understand.....the federal government can't build cargo airports across the country..let the state government build it

Bayelsa state government have a 60% completed cargo Airport ongoing though i pray they complete it and also they proposed to build a deep seaport too.

timoney45:
Bayelsa state government have a 60% completed cargo Airport ongoing though i pray they complete it and also they proposed to build a deep seaport too.

Amen!!

laudate:


There is a functional deep sea port at Onne. Will they use it?? No! Their excuse is that the militants operate in that axis, it is concessioned to a private firm, and clearance charges in Onne are higher than Lagos.

Like I asked on another thread, why not form a pressure group to govt and ask for a review of the charges? Also, isn't it possible for the importers to liaise with security agencies and community leaders to resolve the issue about the militant??

There is another deep sea port being planned for Ibaka. Calabar port is there as well, but needs to be dredged regularly. Koko in Sapele axis also has ports, but the facilities need to be upgraded and their waters also need dredging.

Point of note, they are sea pirates not militants.

ibedun:
That overhyped fraudulent flatheaded cross-eyed albino should deport himself from Lagos first. Pat Utomidiot, thief go and return bank Phb money.

you wrote as if you dont want lagos to be decongested.
What do you want?
A situation where lagos retains its 'monopoly of good features' courtesy of FG and the yorubas lay claim to it like some tribal sacred land?

kettykin:
Cost of doing business in Lagos is very high.
By the time a deep sea port is located in Akwa Ibom state most of eastern business men would relocate.

your aim for all of these is to hurt the yorubas which will never happen. The FCT was moved from lagos to Abuja, did that stop lagos from developing further? Lagos is too developed for you to think a seaport elsewhere will make people relocate. If 10 men relocate, 50 will move in.

kettykin:
The oil companies headquarters in Lagos like chevron, Total, mobil have no business staying in Lagos, they should be made relocate to the niger delta hosting the oil wells.
Including NNPC too.

who are you to tell them where to situate their business? Who sent you to start a civil war that chased them out? Who sent militants to kidnap them making them flee? Mind you, these guys want a conducive place, not some village.

kettykin:
Consulate offices of the major destinations should open office in Port Harcourt and Enugu. Like China, Britain, France Germany, US, South Africa.

you guys just want to be spoon fed. You think you can just sit somewhere and order these foreigners about? Oh, you want them to be kidnapped abi?

kettykin:
The federal government should invest in infrastructure like repairs of highways linking major cities in the niger delta.,making Enugu international airport same standard as Abuja international airport.
More than half of the visitors in Lagos would gladly leave.

the FG should do what? Didn't you have the FG in your pockets for 6yrs? Wasn't the Aviation minister your daughter for 6yrs? Why didn't your FG do the above things for you? You now want a gorro chewing kunnu sipping president to do them. Mind you, there's an airport in enugu. Why hasn't more than half of visitors left? Instead they flock in in thousands

kettykin:
Lagos would become less congested, the cries of marginalization will reduce, dissent and plans for Secession will die out. The economy will be boosted and reinvigorated. And the gdp of the country would improve with more jobs created.

story

laudate:


There is a functional deep sea port at Onne. Will they use it?? No! Their excuse is that the militants operate in that axis, it is concessioned to a private firm, and clearance charges in Onne are higher than Lagos.

Like I asked on another thread, why not form a pressure group to govt and ask for a review of the charges? Also, isn't it possible for the importers to liaise with security agencies and community leaders to resolve the issue about the militant??

There is another deep sea port being planned for Ibaka. Calabar port is there as well, but needs to be dredged regularly. Koko in Sapele axis also has ports, but the facilities need to be upgraded and their waters also need dredging.

can you now see why it is good to maintain a peaceful region? Tell you people to stop formenting trouble and kidnapping.

chigoizie7:
Yes, he is correct,



1. FG should site other sea ports in other parts of naija, and watch lagos de-congest.

2. FG should make other federal airports in naija to be as standardized as MMI airport and watch lagos de-congest.

And so many of them.

There are sea ports at onne, calabar, port Harcourt and Warri already.

Omololu007:
you better stop deceiving yourself,,River Niger will never be dredge by the federal government...so are you saying the federal government to force companies to move there headquarters from lagos state? Cause I don't really understand.....the federal government can't build cargo airports across the country..let the state government build it

Why won't the FG continue the dredging?
Whose job is it
As a former capital.. Làgos financial and commercial hub needs to be dissipated to other parts of the country.. This will drastically reduce the overcrowding in lagos..

chigoizie7:



Sea ports is a very big capital intensive project that can only be embarked on by FG considering the current economic situation. And akwa-ibom Can not just do that.





Lagos state govt did not build the port in Lagos, FG did, and with money generated from naija exports.

Lagos Port was built by the British to facilitate export of raw materials to feed their industries. It might have been expanded by the FG that inherited it after independence.

chigoizie7:



Sea ports is a very big capital intensive project that can only be embarked on by FG considering the current economic situation. And akwa-ibom Can not just do that.





Lagos state govt did not build the port in Lagos, FG did, and with money generated from naija exports.

any state that feels it need a port should build it itself

bugzbunny:


Why won't the FG continue the dredging?
Whose job is it
As a former capital.. Làgos financial and commercial hub needs to be dissipated to other parts of the country.. This will drastically reduce the overcrowding in lagos..

why should the fg waste money dredging the river niger,when we have state like ondo,ogun,bayelsa,delta etc

Ofodirinwa:


They're both stupid, and i'm beginning to wonder if this is all we have in brain power. How can you deport someone from a place they drove to freely, they'll just drive back.

How can you present 'lets make other places more attractive' as a plan to decongest Lagos? Will the Lagos State government halt their own development so that others will surpass them? Will the businesses in Lagos stop hiring? Will people stop investing there even though it's the best market in the country?

People invest in PH, Enugu, Makurdi etc. But for every 1 business that goes to these places 20 go to Lagos. Lagos is now building Eko Atlantic. Will we tell them to stop? Will we build one in Ibadan, Kano, Katsina and Uyo just to make sure Lagos isn't too attractive? Will he increase the budget of Non-Lagosian states?



It's obvious to all of us that we would be advantaged by other placed being as strong as Lagos. This isn't an 'idea'. We would be advantaged if we call have N1 billion naira as well.

Just a functioning seaport in calabar and Lagos will be free; how can a country as big as Nigeria have one seaport? Lagos is not even a liveable city.

bugzbunny:


Why won't the FG continue the dredging?
Whose job is it
As a former capital.. Làgos financial and commercial hub needs to be dissipated to other parts of the country.. This will drastically reduce the overcrowding in lagos..

is lagos complaining?

juicee1:
is lagos complaining?

I guess you don't live in Lagos...ask commuters and especially those living around and working around apapa axis

huptin:


There are sea ports at onne, calabar, port Harcourt and Warri already.

Onne port is an oil terminal while Warri and calabar ports are not deep sea ports

asha80:
I guess you don't live in Lagos...ask commuters and especially those living around and working around apapa axis

they are free to live. But telling lagos not to develop because some inconsequential folks can't cope with the hustle is a no-no.

juicee1:
they are free to live. But telling lagos not to develop because some inconsequential folks can't cope with the hustle is a no-no.

so the commuters and white collar workers who are indigenes should live their homeland if they can't cope and leave it for Foreigners' who are always husling to make ends meet abi?

asha80:
so the commuters and white collar workers who are indigenes should live their homeland if they can't cope and leave it for Foreigners' who are always husling to make ends meet abi?

how many indigenes complained to you?

ayokellany:


The Igbo tribe is too brilliant to be held down by the flimsy excuse. Why not liaise with Akwa Ibom n bring in a capable investor just like Lagos did, solicit a licence from the FG because hate Speeches won't earn you one and let this people build and manage the port till they recoup their investment. Do I need to do cost analysis and contract terms of the Lekki port before you can come up with such.

They know the right thing to do but you know what? they think its better to cry and whine about marginalization, imagine the geopolitical zones that are warming the bed of the federal government in the last 16 years claiming underdevelopment and marginalization.
The simple summary here is that sense is not so common, and selfishness is their watch word, where is all their federal allocations? I HOPE ITS NOT IN TINUBU'S BANK ACCOUNT?.
When people choose the way of perdition they blame others for their woes, abeg its too early in the morning for me to start firing from my WMD .

juicee1:
how many indigenes complained to you?

quite some few...they don't need to shout about it

huptin:


There are sea ports at onne, calabar, port Harcourt and Warri already.

E no de they need more .

kettykin:


Onne port is an oil terminal while Warri and calabar ports are not deep sea ports

onne port was actually built as a kind of export terminal for coal if i am not mistaken

bugzbunny:
Step one~dredge river Niger
Step two~relocate some multinational H.q offices to other part of the country..
Step three~build cargo airports across the country especially the east
Step four~create jobs

Half of lagos populace are fed up with the stress...but they gat to eat..

You are on the right track. One of the major problems with Lagos at the moment is that everything is concentrated there. in the 70's and 80's there were operational ports in Warri, Sapple, PH, Calabar, Koko.... somehow they were all allowed to die and only Lagos still functions. How can a massive country like Nigeria operate only 1 major Seaport? Revamping some of these ports will decrease the pressure on Lagos and also spread economic activities across the Nation.

kettykin:
Cost of doing business in Lagos is very high.
By the time a deep sea port is located in Akwa Ibom state most of eastern business men would relocate.

The oil companies headquarters in Lagos like chevron, Total, mobil have no business staying in Lagos, they should be made relocate to the niger delta hosting the oil wells.
Including NNPC too.

Consulate offices of the major destinations should open office in Port Harcourt and Enugu. Like China, Britain, France Germany, US, South Africa.

The federal government should invest in infrastructure like repairs of highways linking major cities in the niger delta.,making Enugu international airport same standard as Abuja international airport.

More than half of the visitors in Lagos would gladly leave. Lagos would become less congested, the cries of marginalization will reduce, dissent and plans for Secession will die out. The economy will be boosted and reinvigorated. And the gdp of the country would improve with more jobs created.

All you said is on point except the bold. Why should you force anyone to relocate its headquarters?? It should be a freewill thing. The FGN can only advise but not force. Forcing companies to relocate out of Lagos will be counter productive.

If I have a company mining gold in Gombe, the fact that my mine is in Gombe does not mean I have to compulsorily site my headquarters in Gombe. I can decide to have my headquarters in Kaduna to coordinate all my mines in different parts of the country. Forcing me to site my headquarters in a particular place is highly dictatorial, and will be counterproductive. The places companies site their headquarters is for convenience sake on the part of the company depending a lot of factors.

chigoizie7:
Yes, he is correct,



1. FG should site other sea ports in other parts of naija, and watch lagos de-congest.

2. FG should make other federal airports in naija to be as standardized as MMI airport and watch lagos de-congest.

And so many of them.

That is one of the acclaimed achievements of Odua/GEJ. Upgrade of airports in Enugu and Port Harcourt. Or did GEJ scam us?? Was there no such upgrade?