*CHIEF DR GEORGE MUOGHALU OPENS THE ECONOMIC GATEWAY OF ANAMBRA AND SOUTH EAST, AS HE COMMISSIONES ONITSHA RIVER PORT.*

MANAGING Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO), National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief Dr George Moghalu, on Sunday said that with functioning of Onitsha Port- economic gateway of Anambra and the South East economy have been opened. He said that it will reduce unnecessary and avoidable expenses for transporting containers from Lagos ports and Port Harcourt port to South-East.Dr Moghalu, who disclosed this in NIWA office Onitsha during commisioning of the long awaited Onitsha Port.
He said, “it is obvious that my aim and commitment to bringing functions to Onitsha Port is no longer a mirage and elusive as many thought. My good intentions as an Anambra-born MD of NIWA are to make the port operational in order to boost economic activities in Anambra State and South East, create jobs and wealth, improve ease of doing business, give South East sense of belonging, reduce bottles necks in clearing goods and save monies wasted in transporting containers from different ports to the Southeast has been achieved and it is recorded in history today that containers are arriving in batches to this port after 42 years”.

In his statement, the former National Auditor of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) declared that making Nigeria's waterways navigable is key to reducing the pressure on our roads as most of the containers can be moved to their destinations safely by water.

"if our waterways are navigable and open, we can go by water, not by road. It is this aspect that drew my attention to the fact that the pressure we have on our road today can very well be avoided. For example, if 1,000 containers are coming from Apapa port and if half or even 70 per cent is going to end in the Southeast- Onitsha, Aba, or what have you — what that means is that 500 or 700 trailers will be on the road"

It has taken both economic and political, through Dr George Muoghalu, to fully make the Onitsha River Port functional in order to tap from its huge economic benefits to businesses located in the commercial cities of Onitsha, Nnewi and Aba, and save the economy the burdened cost of transporting goods from Lagos to Eastern Nigeria. This will not also save businesses as much money is put into cargo clearance per container, as haulage cost of transporting cleared consignment from Lagos ports to the states in the East, but will also help to decongest the already stretched Lagos ports.

The Nnewi born financial and human resources expert, who identified infrastructural development crucial economic Initiative that can liberate Anambra State economically, stated that activities in Onitsha Port will create massive employment for the youths and also add meaningful values to the state's economy. When it is developed and opened, lots of ships will be navigating the Onitsha-Lokoja axis, some unemployed youths who may be engaged in negative activities like kidnapping will be engaged.

“The revamping of Onitsha riverport is one outstanding project yearning for attention for many years now. The politics that started in 1980 has ended. This project is going to put the unemployed youths in Anambra State and South East in aloofness from crime as the job opportunities that are attached to this project is immeasurable"


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Impressive!

Iyooooooo cartel

South east the pride of Nigeria
If you have never been to South east you're missing alot

Flood port.

Imagine the unnecessary trans cost, damage to our roads, accidents by these container trucks when we have a safer water way to the East?

They would still call Buhari a terrorist. Ingrates.

moving in the right direction

Thank you Jesus! Ndigbo Biko , aku luo ulo. I have seen people from Ibadan , Ilorin even Osun coming to Onitsha to buy goods , so my people please invest heavily in igboland. Emere enu , emere ana, Alaigbo bu nke anyi

JAMO84:
They would still call Buhari a terrorist. Ingrates.

what has buhari got to do with this?

Follow news bro..don’t be a noob

Is that the second Niger bridge at the other end of the pix? If yes, kudos to Buhari and his team. Congratulations to Ndi Igbo and Nigerians at large on the opening of Onitsha Port.

Iyoocartel:
Iyooooooo cartel

South east the pride of Nigeria
If you have never been to South east you're missing alot

And if you have never been to other part of the country, you are missing a lot.

Nice one.The dredging of the Niger River will open this port and shift the berthing point from Lagos & move the revenue base to the region.

adadike:
Thank you Jesus! Ndigbo Biko , aku luo ulo. I have seen people from Ibadan , Ilorin even Osun coming to Onitsha to buy goods , so my people please invest heavily in igboland. Emere enu , emere ana, Alaigbo bu nke anyi

Oya nu! Ka Chineke mezie okwù'a.Ekele'm kwa gi adanne.
Ubochi adizi mma as far as this govt is concern.

adadike:
Thank you Jesus! Ndigbo Biko , aku luo ulo. I have seen people from Ibadan , Ilorin even Osun coming to Onitsha to buy goods , so my people please invest heavily in igboland. Emere enu , emere ana, Alaigbo bu nke anyi

Lipscomb:
Flood port.

must you display your stupidity on every tread?

Racoon:
Oya nu! Ka Chineke mezie okwù'a.Ekele'm kwa gi adanne.

Dalu nwoke maranma

Okay. nice one

Simplyleo:
Onitsha port?

When did SE start having water body?

Oh, i forgot, we are in rainy season, flood everywhere. And we are mistaking some for sea.

brv, please stop crying.. Just becoz of envy you 're there typing thrash........

descarado:
Some people are shifting in their pants already. How can something like this happen in igboland.

They never see something

This is the problem with you people. There have been Ports in other areas and the people their don't make it look like it is their personal property. Your attitude at times is enough to drive away development from your side.

Wow, I'm so happy about this.
This is great news!!!

E pain am

We need to buy any available empty lands around Onitsha for property development. This is a huge one.

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Simplyleo:
Onitsha port?

When did SE start having water body?

Oh, i forgot, we are in rainy season, flood everywhere. And we are mistaking some for sea.

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Travel and see.

The truth be told, you cannot invest so much in the region without the economic use of it.
That's exactly what is happening

Nice one from the government.

This is one of the things we expect to be doing.

Simplyleo:
Onitsha port?

When did SE start having water body?

Oh, i forgot, we are in rainy season, flood everywhere. And we are mistaking some for sea.

Chai, he who laughs last, indeed laughs best
So all your noise about landlock has been destroyed completely. What next would you guys say now?

Igbos should start relocating headquarters of all markets from Lagos to Onitsha since the evil policies of making only Lagos ports functional has been quashed. Computer village and Trade Fare should be relocated to Onitsha while Ladipo should be relocated to Nnewi. Let's make East the referral point and headquarters of all commercial activities while other places like Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Benin, P.H etc. would be used as zonal centers or branches.

Kudos to Buhari for achieving this under his regime, he has done noble on this.

adadike:
Thank you Jesus! Ndigbo Biko , aku luo ulo. I have seen people from Ibadan , Ilorin even Osun coming to Onitsha to buy goods , so my people please invest heavily in igboland. Emere enu , emere ana, Alaigbo bu nke anyi

Don’t get it twisted brov, Lagos port will forever be the berthing point....The offloaded containers from lagos will be Transported to Onitsha through barges to Onitsha.... Baro port in Niger state is ready too but Bad Road is affecting its effectiveness... I’m talking to you Authoritatively...

spyder880:
We need to buy any available empty lands around Onitsha for property development. This is a huge one.

You're right. Anambra state government should buy those waterfront lands and allocate them strictly for building of high rises which will make it the new CBD. This is how it is done elsewhere.

Seeing ships berthed at the Onitsha port with high rise buildings in the background would showcase Onitsha and Anambra state as an economic powerhouse. Ordinarily, watching the city from the Niger bridge could be breathtaking not to talk of when the waterfront is transformed